Pakistan vs England Test to Go Ahead as Per Schedule; ECB in a Position to Field an XI

England Cricket The Board (ECB) informed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday morning that the first Test between Pakistan and England in Rawalpindi will go ahead as scheduled on Thursday.

Earlier, after several members of the touring party fell ill with a viral infection, we talked about postponing the start of the series by a further day until late Wednesday, but a decision has not been taken on whether to start the first Test was.

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But on Thursday morning, the ECB confirmed in a tweet that there would be no delay in the start of the Test.

The start of the Test – England’s first in Pakistan for 17 years – was thrown into doubt on Wednesday after seven players from the touring side, including captain Ben Stokes, were hit.

Equally less support staff were kept.

Jack Leach, England’s only frontline spinner who has Crohn’s disease, also suffered from symptoms.

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A spokesman for the England and Wales Cricket Board had earlier said that the illnesses were not related to Covid-19, with players experiencing vomiting and diarrhoea.

The remaining Tests in Multan (December 9-13) and Karachi (December 17-21) will be played as per schedule.

This series is important for Pakistan as they want to make it to the ICC World Test Championship 2021/23 Final. They are currently fifth in the table with a points percentage of 51.85 and will need to win as many of their remaining five Tests to stay in contention.

England’s chances of reaching the final are mathematically possible, but they are realistically out of the running after a poor start to their campaign. He is seventh in the table with 38.6 points percentage.

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