The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) experienced a massive blow last month when New Zealand abandoned their limited-overs tour minutes before the first ODI in Rawalpindi. At that moment, New Zealand Cricket (NZC) revealed they received a ‘credible threat’ to the team and hence decided to call off the tour.

Later, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) followed the footsteps of NZC and denied sending their Men’s and Women’s teams to Pakistan for a scheduled tour in October. This decision attracted a lot of criticism from PCB as well as many former Pakistan ??cricketers.

However, Pakistan’ minister of Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhry, came up with a twist blaming neig?hbours India for all? the mess. He had claimed that the threat to the Kiwi team was originated from India.

“The email [containing the security threats] was sent from an associated device in India using VPN, showing IP address location of Singapore,” Fawad had said.

Now, a senior BCCI official has denied India’s involvement in the cancellation of the England and New Zealand tour to Pakistan.

“We wish Ramiz Raja good luck that Pakistan cricket reaches new heights under him. We want to clear one thing that the BCCI has no role in the cancellation of England and New Zealand tour to Pakistan,” the official said as quoted by Cricket Pakistan.

Further, the official also raised questions on some of the former Pakistan players approach of blaming the Indian Premier League (IPL) for such chaos. He criticised PCB chairman Ramiz Raja fo??r his statement where the ex-international player had accused Australian players of giving prefere??nce to the IPL.

The official u?rged PCB not to drag? India everywhere.

“I don’t know why some ex-Pakistan players are cursing the IPL for no reason? I read somewhere that Raja said that the Aussie players have even changed their DNA for the sake of the money they make by playing in the IPL. He accused Aussies of playing happily against India without their usual aggressive approach. We understand that you are feeling bad, but there is no need to drag India everywhere,” the official added.

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In a historic move, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England women will tour Pakistan for the first time ever in Oct??ober for a white-ball series of two T20Is and?? three ODIs.

The two T20Is will be played as double-headers along with men’s fixtures between the two countries on October 14th and 15th at the National Stadium in Karachi. The ODI series will start from October 15.

“We are absolutely delighted to be making this historic announcement today. The England Women’s cricket team has never toured Pakistan before so this is another important step in our history and journey,” said ECB Managing Director of Women’s Cricket, Clare Connor as quoted by Cricbuzz.

Eoin Morgan-led squad will also be in Pakistan for their first tour to the country in 15 years. However, it won’t be the first time that England’s men and women will play a T20 double-header. In 2016, England’s women faced Pakistan at the Ageas Bowl, followed by the men’s team playing against Sri Lanka.

Coming back to Women’s team, both the sides last met in February when England beat Pakistan by 42 runs in the T20 World Cup in Australia. Before that, they played bilateral series in December 2019, in Kuala Lumpur, where England whitewashed Pakistan in the ODI series 2-0 and the T20I series 3-0.

“Women’s T20Is taking place before the men’s matches at the iconic National Stadium will mean more eyeballs will follow these matches than ever before. While this presents a great opportunity for the PCB to showcase the image and profile of women’s cricket, it is a chance for the women cricketers to demonstrate their talent and skills, and play their part in attracting, inspiring and motivating the next generation of women cricketers so that they can also fall in love with this great sport,” said PCB Chief Executive, Wasim Khan.

Here is the complete schedule:

• October 14: 1st T20I, National Stadium, Karachi
• October 15: 2nd T20I, National Stadium, Karachi
• October 18: 1st ODI, National Stadium, Karachi
• October 20: 2nd ODI, National Stadium, Karachi
• October 22: 3rd ODI, National Stadium, Karachi

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