Sangakkara to lead MCC squad in Pakistan in February 2020.

The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will visit Pakistan in February 2020 under the leadership of their president and former Sri Lankan cricketer Kumar Sangakara, the Chief Executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wasim Khan revealed.

The squad will be arriving in the country after a gap of almost 46 years to play few matches in Lahore. Last time the star-studded squad toured Pakistan back in 1973.

According to Khan, he has been in talks with MCC's committee for the last few months. The aim behind this tour is to make sure Pakistan is a safe and iconic venue for international cricket. It must be noted here that Khan had attended a high-profile meeting of the MCC World Committee earlier this year before ICC World Cup 2019.

'Following a very long time of talks, and the chance to put Pakistan's convincing case forward to the lofty and significant MCC World Cricket Committee. I am delighted that MCC has confirmed that it will send a visiting group to Lahore in February,

'The decision by the world's oldest and most influential cricket club to send a quality team is a further testament that Pakistan is as safe and secure a country as any other cricket-playing nation in the world, and MCC's tour is a further step forward in normalizing team tours to Pakistan,'...

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