Richard Gould decided to personally intervene after reading about the potential switch in Monday’s i
is set to go ahead in Rawalpindi as planned following talks between England & Wales Cricket Board chief executive Richard Gould and the home board., there were fears that the series finale could be moved to Multan, venue for the opening two Tests, in response to ongoing protests in Islamabad against the imprisonment of former Prime Minister
Gould, who reached out to UK tour groups and brought up the issue with the PCB after reading about the potential switch in Monday’sunderstands Gould was warned that the situation could still change but that the likelihood of England’s series being played entirely in Multan was now highly unlikely given the ramifications that would have onbroke the story of the Test remaining in Rawalpindi on Monday afternoon, a PCB spokesperson confirmed the news saying: “The third cricket Test match between...
It will come as a relief to the 200 or so England fans in the country. They had already been forced to make a major adjustment to their itineraries when the second Test was switched at short notice to Multan from Karachi, where ongoing ground improvements ahead of next year’s Champions Trophy were not completed in time.
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