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    "title": "Ben Stokes-led England Test Team Arrives In Islamabad Ahead Of Test Series Against Pakistan",
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    "excerpt": "The Ben Stokes-led England Test team touched down in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the early hours of Sunday, ahead of playing a three-match Test series against the Babar Azam-led side.",
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    "editor1": "<p>Islamabad, Nov 27, The Ben Stokes-led England Test team touched down in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan, in the early hours of Sunday, ahead of playing a three-match Test series against the Babar Azam-led side.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England Cricket shared a video of team arrival at Islamabad airport on their various social media handles. &quot;Touchdown in Pakistan for our Men&#39;s Test squad,&quot; read the caption. England&#39;s Test squad had spent time in Abu Dhabi as part of the preparation for the series against Pakistan.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\r\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Touchdown in Pakistan for our Men&rsquo;s Test squad! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2GbRr1Xcw1\">pic.twitter.com\/2GbRr1Xcw1<\/a><\/p>\r\n&mdash; England Cricket (@englandcricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/englandcricket\/status\/1596612423716597761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>\r\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\r\n\r\n<p>England will be playing a Test series on Pakistani soil after a gap of 17 years. They last played a Test match in Pakistan in 2005, losing the three-match series by 2-0. The visitors&#39; had played a seven-match T20I series here in September-October, which they won 4-3.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>England were scheduled to visit Pakistan last year, but pulled out shortly after New Zealand abandoned their tour just before the first ODI in Rawalpindi could begin, citing security reasons.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>There was a scare of the first Test being shifted from Rawalpindi, following an assassination attempt on former Prime Minister and 1992 World Cup winning captain Imran Khan earlier this month.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three Tests between Pakistan and England are part of the ICC World Test Championship&#39;s second cycle and are scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi (December 1-5), Multan (December 9-13) and Karachi (December 17-21).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The upcoming Tests against England is Pakistan&#39;s fifth series in the current WTC cycle - their last series will be the two Tests against New Zealand at home in December 2022 and January 2023.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The three Tests between Pakistan and England are part of the ICC World Test Championship&#39;s second cycle and are scheduled to be played in Rawalpindi (December 1-5), Multan (December 9-13) and Karachi (December 17-21).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Also Read: <\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/FwYLR1xf7FQ\">Roston Chase Picks Up His All-Time XI, Includes 3 Indians<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong><em>This story has not been edited by Cricketnmore staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n",
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