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After 17 years, the England team is on a Test tour of Pakistan

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England’s men’s Test team has arrived in Islamabad to participate in the first Test series in Pakistan after 17 years.

Captain Ben Stokes and the rest of his 15-man squad reached Pakistan on Saturday and were accorded a warm welcome by local authorities in Pakistan ahead of the three-match series starting on December 1 in Rawalpindi.

England played a 7-match T20I series in Pakistan before the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and the three-match Test series will be the first time since 2005 that the two sides will play a red-ball match.

The series is part of the current World Test Championship season and Pakistan are still chasing a place in next year’s final at the Oval.

England squad: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Will Jacks, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood , Rehan Ahmed.

Match Schedule:
First Test, Rawalpindi, December 1-5
Second Test, Karachi, December 9-13
Third Test, Multan, December 17-21

වසර 17කට පසුව එංගලන්ත කණ්ඩායම පකිස්ථානු ටෙස්ට් සංචාරයක

වසර 17කට පසු පාකිස්ථානයේ පැවැත්වෙන පළමු ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලියට සහභාගී වීමට එංගලන්තයේ පිරිමි ටෙස්ට් කණ්ඩායම ඉස්ලාමාබාද් නුවරට පැමිණ තිබේ.

නායක බෙන් ස්ටෝක්ස් සහ ඔහුගේ කණ්ඩායමේ සෙසු ක්‍රීඩකයින් 15 දෙනා සෙනසුරාදා පාකිස්තානයට ළඟා වූ අතර දෙසැම්බර් 1 වැනිදා රාවල්පින්ඩි හිදී ආරම්භ වන තරග තුනකින් සමන්විත තරගාවලියට පෙර පකිස්ථානයේ පළාත් පාලන ආයතන විසින් උණුසුම් පිළිගැනීමක් ලබා දෙන ලදී.

ICC පිරිමි T20 ලෝක කුසලානයට පෙර එංගලන්තය පකිස්ථානයේදී තරඟ 7කින් යුත් T20I තරඟාවලියක් ක්‍රීඩා කළ අතර, මෙම තරඟ තුනකින් යුත් ටෙස්ට් තරඟාවලිය 2005 වසරෙන් පසු දෙපිල රතු-පන්දු තරඟයක් ක්‍රීඩා කරන පළමු අවස්ථාව වේ.

මෙම තරගමාලාව වත්මන් ලෝක ටෙස්ට් ශූරතා කාලසීමාවේ කොටසක් වන අතර පාකිස්තානය තවමත් ඕවල් ක්‍රීඩාංගණයේ දී ලබන වසරේ අවසන් මහා තරගයේ ස්ථානයක් දිනා ගැනීමේ අදහසින් පසු වේ

එංගලන්ත සංචිතය: Ben Stokes (c), James Anderson, Harry Brook, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Ben Foakes, Will Jacks, Keaton Jennings, Jack Leach, Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Ollie Pope, Ollie Robinson, Joe Root, Mark Wood, Rehan Ahmed.

තරග කාලසටහන:
First Test, Rawalpindi, December 1-5
Second Test, Karachi, December 9-13
Third Test, Multan, December 17-21

17 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிறகு இங்கிலாந்து அணி பாகிஸ்தானுக்கு டெஸ்ட் சுற்றுப்பயணம் மேற்கொள்ளவுள்ளது

17 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு பிறகு பாகிஸ்தானில் நடைபெறும் முதல் டெஸ்ட் தொடரில் பங்கேற்பதற்காக இங்கிலாந்து ஆடவர் டெஸ்ட் அணி இஸ்லாமாபாத் வந்தடைந்துள்ளது.

கேப்டன் பென் ஸ்டோக்ஸ் மற்றும் அவரது மீதமுள்ள 15 பேர் கொண்ட அணி சனிக்கிழமை பாகிஸ்தானை அடைந்தது மற்றும் ராவல்பிண்டியில் டிசம்பர் 1 ஆம் தேதி தொடங்கும் மூன்று போட்டிகள் கொண்ட தொடருக்கு முன்னதாக பாகிஸ்தானில் உள்ளூர் அதிகாரிகளால் அன்பான வரவேற்பு அளிக்கப்பட்டது.

ஐசிசி ஆடவர் டி20 உலகக் கோப்பைக்கு முன்பு பாகிஸ்தானில் இங்கிலாந்து 7 போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டி20ஐ தொடரை விளையாடியது, மேலும் மூன்று போட்டிகள் கொண்ட டெஸ்ட் தொடர் 2005க்குப் பிறகு இரு அணிகளும் சிவப்பு பந்து போட்டியில் விளையாடுவது இதுவே முதல் முறையாகும்.

இந்தத் தொடர் நடப்பு உலக டெஸ்ட் சாம்பியன்ஷிப் சீசனின் ஒரு பகுதியாகும், மேலும் பாகிஸ்தான் இன்னும் ஓவல் மைதானத்தில் அடுத்த ஆண்டு இறுதிப் போட்டியில் ஒரு இடத்தைத் துரத்துகிறது.

இங்கிலாந்து அணி: பென் ஸ்டோக்ஸ் (கேட்ச்), ஜேம்ஸ் ஆண்டர்சன், ஹாரி புரூக், ஜாக் க்ராலி, பென் டக்கெட், பென் ஃபோக்ஸ், வில் ஜாக்ஸ், கீட்டன் ஜென்னிங்ஸ், ஜாக் லீச், லியாம் லிவிங்ஸ்டோன், ஜேமி ஓவர்டன், ஒல்லி போப், ஆலி ராபின்சன், ஜோ ரூட், மார்க் வுட் , ரெஹான் அகமது.

போட்டி அட்டவணை:
முதல் டெஸ்ட், ராவல்பிண்டி, டிசம்பர் 1-5
இரண்டாவது டெஸ்ட், கராச்சி, டிசம்பர் 9-13
மூன்றாவது டெஸ்ட், முல்தான், டிசம்பர் 17-21

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