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Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the itinerary for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in a press release earlier today.

The club led by their President, Kumar Sangakkara, will start its tour to Pakistan with a T20 match against Lahore Qalandars on 14th February. For those who don’t know, MCC is the guardian of the laws of the game.

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The team featuring players from English counties, Scotland and PSL franchises like Liam Dawson (Hampshire/Peshawar Zalmi), Samit Patel (Nottinghamshire/Lahore Qalandars), and Phil Salt (Sussex/Islamabad United) will play against Pakistan Shaheens, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy winners, Northern, and PSL franchises, Multan Sultans and Lahore Qalandars.

Here’s the schedule for MCC’s tour of Pakistan:

MCC’s squad for the tour is listed below:

• Kumar Sangakkara (President/Captain)
• Guy Lavender (Tour Manager)
• John Stephenson (Assistant Manager)
• Ajmal Shahzad (Head Coach)
• Ravi Bopara (Sussex)
• Michael Burgess (Warwickshire)
• Oliver Hannon-Dalby (Warwickshire)
• Fred Klaassen (Kent)
• Michael Leask (Scotland)
• Arron Lilley (Leicestershire)
• Imran Qayyum (Kent)
• Will Rhodes (Warwickshire)
• Safyaan Sharif (Scotland)
• Roelof van der Merwe (Somerset)
• Ross Whiteley (Worcestershire)

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MCC’s tour is a part of PCB’s efforts to resume top-flight cricket in Pakistan. With South Africa also planning to visit the country for a 3-match T20I series in March, the future of home cricket for Pakistani fans looks very bright.

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