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England have agreed to play two postponed men’s Twenty20 internationals in Pakistan next year after the heads of the countries’ cricket boards met in Lahore on Tuesday.Pakistan officials and fans were left fuming after England controversially withdrew their men’s and women’s teams from T20I series in September, citing “growing ...

NewsTom Harrison meets Ramiz Raja on bridge-building visit to Pakistan after October pull-outsEngland's men will play two additional T20Is on their tour of Pakistan in September and October 2022, in compensation for the late cancellation of last month's planned visit, following a meeting between ECB and PCB officials in ...

Tom Harrison, the Chief Executive of England and Wales Cricket Board has flown down to Pakistan to meet with PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja to mend relations that hit a tough spot after the cancellation of last month’s tour.As per sources in the PCB, apart from his meeting with Chairman ...

NewsECB chief to meet with Ramiz Raja in advance of England's Test tour in 2022Tom Harrison, the ECB chief executive, has flown to Pakistan to repair the board's damaged relationships with their PCB counterparts, and to discuss future tours.Now Harrison has flown in to assure Ramiz Raja, the new ...

The chairman of Yorkshire resigned on Friday over a growing racism row, blaming senior figures at one of England’s leading cricket clubs for refusing to accept the scale of the problem.Former player Azeem Rafiq has accused Yorkshire of failing to deal adequately with his allegations of abuse while at ...

Ian Watmore (left) presented Warwickshire captain Will Rhodes, CEO Stuart Cain and chairman Mark McCafferty with the County Championship trophy last monthChairman Ian Watmore has left the England and Wales Cricket Board.The 63-year-old, who took over from Colin Graves in September 2020, departs after serving only 13 months of ...

Former captain Michael Atherton says it was strange that England and Wales Cricket Board called off the Pakistan tour, citing players’’ welfare but allowed them a three-month window to play the IPL.In a scathing assessment of ECB’s decision, Atherton said it was worse than India’s recent withdrawal from the ...

The British government did not advise the England and Wales Cricket Board to cancel its men’s and women’s teams’ tour of Pakistan on security grounds, the UK’s High Commissioner here has said and promised to “redouble” efforts to make the T20 series happen in 2022. Christian Turner, the British ...

High Commissioner Distances From ECB DecisionSoon after the comment, but in a seemingly unrelated move, the British High Commissioner to Pakistan Cristian Turner released a video in which he asserts that the ECB is "independent" of the British Government and that the Government had not advised against withdrawing from ...

"The mental and physical well-being of our players and support staff remains our highest priority and this is even more critical given the times we are currently living in. We know there are increasing concerns about travelling to the region and believe that going ahead will add further pressure ...