England should definitely tour Pakistan: new ECB chief Ian Watmore

Pakistan didn’t have Test cricket for 10 years following an assault by shooters on the Sri Lanka team in 2009. England has not visited Pakistan since 2005-06.

As per the new England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) chairman Ian Watmore, England should ‘definitely’ tour Pakistan provided it is safe to do so.

Joe Root and his men are slated to tour Pakistan in 2022 to play three Tests and five ODIs.

English players have also taken part in the fifth version of Pakistan Super League, which was suddenly delayed after the flare-up of a novel coronavirus.

Both Pakistan and the West Indies, two of world cricket’s monetarily most unfortunate countries, have helped spare the ECB losses that could have totaled hundreds of millions of pounds by going ahead with tours of England even when Britain was badly hit by the Covid-19 pandemic.

“It would be brilliant for us and for the game there to get cricket back on,” said Watmore, just hours before Pakistan’s tour concludes with the third Twenty20 international against England at Old Trafford.

"With Pakistan back facilitating cricket we should proceed to visit there if it's at all safe to do as such." Watmore added.