PPP leader Ayatullah Durrani passes away.

LAHORE -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday confirmed an updated schedule of its men's national cricket team's tour of England, which will comprise three Tests and as many T20Is.

The opening Test will be played at Old Trafford, Manchester, from August 5-9, which will be followed by back-to-back Tests at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton, from August 13-17 and August 21-25. The action will then return to Manchester as Old Trafford will be the venue for three T20Is, which will be played on August 28 and 30, and September 1.

Pakistan cricket team has been in Worcestershire since June 29 for its 14-day quarantine period during which the national team players are training, practising and playing scenario/intra-side matches. On July 13, the side will travel to Derbyshire before arriving in Manchester on August 1. After a long trip of almost three months, the national team will return home on September 2.

Meanwhile, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has confirmed that England will host Ireland in a three-match ODI series in July and August this summer. All three ODIs will be played at the Ageas Bowl in Southampton. The series marks another step made towards cricket's gradual return to normality since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Ireland squad will arrive in England and set up their base at the Ageas Bowl, Southampton on July 18, before facing world champions England in three ODIs at the same venue. The second and third ODIs between the two sides will be on August 1 and August 4 respectively. Ireland, who last played an international against Afghanistan in March, have only beaten England once in their 10 ODI encounters.

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