KARACHI, Aug 3: Pakistan’s captain Inzamamul Haq has asked the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) to review its decision not to play a Test match in the city later this year. England are due to tour Pakistan from Oct 26 for three Tests and five One-day Internationals. They will play only one game, a one-dayer, in Karachi in December for security reasons.

All their other matches are in the central Punjab province something that has irked the passionate followers of the game and the Karachi City Cricket Association. Inzamam said: “When India played last year in Karachi no untoward incident took place and everything went well. I think Karachi being a major centre deserves to host a Test.”

The Pakistan captain felt the England board and players need to realise that possible threats from terrorists could happen anywhere in the world today. He said: “The London bombings are an example. If England do revise their decision of not playing a Test in Karachi it would earn them a lot of goodwill in Pakistan and elsewhere.”

Former Pakistan captains Javed Miandad and Wasim Akram have also criticised England’s stance.—Reuters