England team's tour- Full revival of int'l cricket in Pakistan: Mazari.

ISLAMABAD -- Federal Minister for Inter Provincial Coordination (IPC) Ehsan-ur-Rehman Mazari, who was excited for England team touring Pakistan for almost after 17 years, sees the tour as a full revival of international cricket in the country.

'It is sending a softer image of Pakistan to the world that the situation in our country is stable and there was no security threat at all. When I was in Brimgham for the Commonwealth Games I met their minister and thanked him also for sending their team here,' he told reporter.

Mazari said their minister also asked him on he thinks would win the T20I series, to which he replied Pakistan. 'Currently Pakistan team is doing very well in the game and our captain Babar Azam was very talented and I hope that Pakistan performs well. This is good news for Pakistani fans that international cricket was fully reviving in the country. I also term Pakistan team as favourities for the upcoming Twenty20 Men's Cricket World Cup scheduled to be held in Australia this year.

The England team would arrive in Karachi on Thursday, (September 15), for a seven-match T20Is series. The National Stadium would host matches on September 20, 22, 23 and 25. The remaining games would be held in Lahore, on September 28 and 30, and October 2 at the Gaddafi Stadium.

It may be mentioned that Pakistan team ended up as runner-ups of the recently concluded...