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West Indies Tour of Pakistan (UAE) Schedule in 2016

Pakistan's first day-night Test against WI in October

As the push for day-night Test cricket gathers momentum around the world, West Indies have agreed in principle to play a pink-ball Test against Pakistan in the UAE in September, ESPNcricinfo has learned. The WICB were initially reluctant but the PCB's offer of a practice match and training sessions under lights appears to have changed its mind.

The PCB also proposed to revise the composition of the tour to three Tests, three ODIs and three T20Is, from the earlier plan of two Tests, five ODIs and two T20Is, according to the FTP.

The Pakistan board has been keen to host a day-night Test and made a bid in 2013 to play one against Sri Lanka in UAE. The proposal, however, was declined with lack of practice with the pink ball cited as the reason. Earlier this year, Pakistan agreed to a day-night Test against Australia in Brisbane in December.

The PCB is also set to introduce ten day-night matches in its forthcoming first-class season, which starts in September. The plan will be implemented in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches, including the semi-final and final, to ensure every top team is acquainted with the demands of long-form cricket under lights.

The PCB had also weighed up Sri Lanka as an alternative venue to host West Indies, to counter the growing expenses in UAE, which has been host to Pakistan's home series for a decade now. The proposal of playing outside UAE had emerged after the Pakistan Super League was held in Dubai and Sharjah in February; it cost the PCB more than US$ 3 million (Pakistan rupees 31.4 crore approx) to stage the tournament over two weeks. The idea, however, was dropped after assessing the drawback of playing in Sri Lanka during the monsoon.

Pakistan has largely remained a no-go zone for international teams since March 3, 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus during the Lahore Test. Since then, the UAE has hosted a majority of Pakistan's home series, with only Afghanistan and Zimbabwe visiting Pakistan for one series each.

Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo's Pakistan correspondent. @kalson

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DATE AND TIMEMATCH

• Fri Sep 23 (20 ovs)20:00 local (16:00 GMT | 21:00 PKT)
  1st T20I - Pakistan v West IndiesDubai International Cricket StadiumLIVE
• Sat Sep 24 (20 ovs)20:00 local (16:00 GMT | 21:00 PKT)
  2nd T20I - Pakistan v West IndiesDubai International Cricket StadiumLIVE
• Tue Sep 27 (20 ovs)20:00 local (16:00 GMT | 21:00 PKT)
  3rd T20I - Pakistan v West IndiesSheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiLIVE
• Fri Sep 30 (50 ovs)15:00 local (11:00 GMT | 16:00 PKT)
  1st ODI - Pakistan v West IndiesSharjah Cricket StadiumLIVE D/N
• Sun Oct 2 (50 ovs)15:00 local (11:00 GMT | 16:00 PKT)
  2nd ODI - Pakistan v West IndiesSharjah Cricket StadiumLIVE D/N
• Wed Oct 5 (50 ovs)15:00 local (11:00 GMT | 16:00 PKT)
  3rd ODI - Pakistan v West IndiesSheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiLIVE D/N
• Thu Oct 13 - Mon Oct 1715:30 local (11:30 GMT | 16:30 PKT)
  1st Test - Pakistan v West IndiesDubai International Cricket StadiumLIVE D/N
• Fri Oct 21 - Tue Oct 2510:00 local (06:00 GMT | 11:00 PKT)
  2nd Test - Pakistan v West IndiesSheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu DhabiLIVE
• Sun Oct 30 - Thu Nov 310:00 local (06:00 GMT | 11:00 PKT)
  3rd Test - Pakistan v West IndiesSharjah Cricket StadiumLIVE
• Thu Nov 17 - Mon Nov 2110:30 local (21:30 GMT -1d | 02:30 PKT)
  1st Test - New Zealand v PakistanHagley Oval, Christchurch
• Fri Nov 25 - Tue Nov 2910:30 local (21:30 GMT -1d | 02:30 PKT)
  2nd Test - New Zealand v PakistanSeddon Park, Hamilton
• Thu Dec 15 - Mon Dec 1913:00 local (03:00 GMT | 08:00 PKT)
  1st Test - Australia v PakistanBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneLIVE D/N
• Mon Dec 26 - Fri Dec 3010:30 local (23:30 GMT -1d | 04:30 PKT)
  2nd Test - Australia v PakistanMelbourne Cricket GroundLIVE
• Tue Jan 3 - Sat Jan 7, 201710:30 local (23:30 GMT -1d | 04:30 PKT)
  3rd Test - Australia v PakistanSydney Cricket GroundLIVE
• Fri Jan 13, 2017 (50 ovs)13:20 local (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PKT)
  1st ODI - Australia v PakistanBrisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, BrisbaneLIVE D/N
• Sun Jan 15, 2017 (50 ovs)14:20 local (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PKT)
  2nd ODI - Australia v PakistanMelbourne Cricket GroundLIVE D/N
• Thu Jan 19, 2017 (50 ovs)11:20 local (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PKT)
  3rd ODI - Australia v PakistanWestern Australia Cricket Association Ground, PerthLIVE D/N
• Sun Jan 22, 2017 (50 ovs)14:20 local (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PKT)
  4th ODI - Australia v PakistanSydney Cricket GroundLIVE D/N
• Thu Jan 26, 2017 (50 ovs)13:50 local (03:20 GMT | 08:20 PKT)
  5th ODI - Australia v PakistanAdelaide OvalLIVE D/N
• Sun Jun 4, 2017 (50 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 14:30 PKT)
  ICC Champions Trophy
  Group B - India v PakistanEdgbaston, Birmingham
• Wed Jun 7, 2017 (50 ovs)13:30 local (12:30 GMT | 17:30 PKT)
  ICC Champions Trophy
  Group B - Pakistan v South AfricaEdgbaston, BirminghamD/N
• Mon Jun 12, 2017 (50 ovs)10:30 local (09:30 GMT | 14:30 PKT)
  ICC Champions Trophy
  Group B - Sri Lanka v PakistanSophia Gardens, Cardiff

Pak vs Eng Only T20 Match 2016

Pak vs Eng Only T20 Match 2016

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That's that: Pakistan win by nine wickets

The dugout is in raptures. Imad Wasim emits a never-ending roar. Pumped. As emphatic a performance as they come. England drag themselves off the field with absolutely staggered looks. Phew, been some game this. The clamour was about this being a two-paced pitch at the halfway mark after England were thoroughly stifled by Riaz's fire and Wasim's accuracy. But what ensued during the chase just blew all of it away. Sharjeel and Latif came all guns firing, rode their luck a couple of times and walloped England to shreds. The bowling was abysmal at the start and that sort of set the tone of what was to follow. Never really recovered. Both openers went on a rampage and the roars kept getting louder and louder and louder from the strong Pakistani presence in the crowd. A resounding win!

Riaz: "We know England are destructive and we need wickets to put them under pressure. We managed to bowl good areas. Wasim kept things quiet, they had to take chances. The wicket is very slow, I was watching the way the new ball went. Was very slow.

Wahab Riaz is Man of the Match.

Sarfraz: "Credit goes to the bowlers and then Sharjeel and Latif played well. Imad bowled well but Hasan Ali who was on debut bowled really well. When we arrived, we had a meeting during which I just said to play positive cricket without any pressure."

Morgan: "During Pakistan's powerplay the ball skidded on nicely so we thought the pacers would be effective. I still like to think we're on an upward curve. Our consistency in 50-over cricket and T20 cricket has been fantastic. Credit to our bowlers. Didn't have enough runs unfortunately today. It's been a really busy two and a half weeks, I'll have a few days off, think about it, and then make a decision about touring Bangladesh. You have to be comfortable enough about taking the field."

That's it from us folks! Hope you enjoyed this thunderous display from Pakistan. Until next time then ...

Score Board

Pakistan won by 9 wkts

England Innings135-7 (20)

Batsman

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Jason Roy

lbw b Imad Wasim

21

20

2

1

105.00

Alex Hales

b Imad Wasim

37

26

5

0

142.31

Joe Root

c S Malik b Hasan Ali

6

9

0

0

66.67

Jos Buttler

c K Latif b Riaz

16

15

2

0

106.67

Eoin Morgan

c Sarfraz b Riaz

14

16

0

0

87.50

Ben Stokes

c Babar Azam b Hasan Ali

4

7

0

0

57.14

Moeen Ali

not out

13

15

0

0

86.67

David Willey

c S Malik b Riaz

12

12

1

0

100.00

Liam Plunkett

not out

0

0

0

0

0.00

Extras

12

 (b 0, lb 8, w 4, nb 0, p 0)

Total

135

 (7 wkts, 20 Ov)

Did not Bat

C Jordan, Adil Rashid

Fall of Wickets

132-7 (David Willey, 19.3), 110-6 (Eoin Morgan, 15.5), 104-5 (Ben Stokes, 14.5), 93-4 (Jos Buttler, 13.1), 67-3 (Joe Root, 9.1), 67-2 (Alex Hales, 8.6), 56-1 (Jason Roy, 6.4)

Bowler

O

M

R

W

NB

WD

ECO

Imad Wasim

4

0

17

2

0

0

4.25

Sohail Tanvir

4

0

35

0

0

2

8.75

Mohammad Amir

4

0

33

0

0

0

8.25

Hasan Ali

4

0

24

2

0

0

6.00

Wahab Riaz

4

0

18

3

0

2

4.50

Pakistan Innings139-1 (14.5)

Batsman

R

B

4s

6s

SR

Sharjeel Khan

c M Ali b Adil Rashid

59

36

7

3

163.89

Khalid Latif

not out

59

42

8

2

140.48

Babar Azam

not out

15

11

2

0

136.36

Extras

6

 (b 0, lb 0, w 6, nb 0, p 0)

Total

139

 (1 wkts, 14.5 Ov)

Did not Bat

M Rizwan, S Malik, Sarfraz , Imad Wasim, Riaz, Tanvir, M Amir, Hasan Ali

Fall of Wickets

107-1 (Sharjeel Khan, 11.1)

Bowler

O

M

R

W

NB

WD

ECO

David Willey

2

0

16

0

0

0

8.00

Chris Jordan

1

0

16

0

0

0

16.00

Liam Plunkett

1.5

0

24

0

0

5

13.09

Ben Stokes

2

0

20

0

0

1

10.00

Joe Root

1

0

10

0

0

0

10.00

Adil Rashid

4

0

29

1

0

0

7.25

Moeen Ali

3

0

24

0

0

0

8.00

Match Info

Match

Eng vs Pak, Only T20I, Pakistan tour of England, 2016

Date

Wednesday, September 07, 2016

Toss

England won the toss and opt to bat

Time

05:30 PM GMT

Venue

Old Trafford, Manchester

Umpires

Michael Gough, T Robinson

Third Umpire

R Bailey

Match Referee

J Crowe

England Squad

Playing XI

Liam Plunkett, Eoin Morgan, Adil Rashid, Jos Buttler, Chris Jordan, Jason Roy, Ben Stokes, David Willey, Moeen Ali, Alex Hales, Tymal Mills, Sam Billings, Joe Root, Mark Wood

Pakistan Squad

Playing XI

Shoaib Malik, Sohail Tanvir, Khalid Latif, Sarfraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz,Mohammad Amir, Babar Azam, Mohammad Nawaz, Sharjeel Khan,Mohammad Rizwan, Amad Butt, Imad Wasim, Hasan Ali