ECB security team due

Published June 22, 2005

LAHORE, June 21: An England Cricket Board (ECB) team will visit Pakistan from June 28 to review security arrangements made by the hosts for the forthcoming tour of England to Pakistan later this year.

England will play three Tests and five One-day Internationals in October-November.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has sent the itinerary of the tour to their England counterpart who showed reservations for a longer stay in Karachi which had been allotted a one-dayer and a Test.

The English cricket board has hired the services of a private security agency which is sending its officials along with the security delegation.

After receiving report of the security delegation, the English board will send its representative in the first week of July to discuss security arrangements in the light of the report.

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