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    "excerpt": "London, Feb 12:\u00a0\u00a0The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will play a 50-over match and three T20 games during their upcoming tour of Pakistan. The tour, which is a first in 48 years, will begin from Thurs",
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    "editor1": "<p><strong>London, Feb 12:&nbsp;<\/strong>&nbsp;The Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will play a 50-over match and three T20 games during their upcoming tour of Pakistan. The tour, which is a first in 48 years, will begin from Thursday to February 19.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Lahore Qalandars will provide the club&#39;s first opposition in a floodlit T20 match at the Gaddafi Stadium on Friday. Qalandars can boast Pakistan international stars such as Shaheen Afridi and Fakhar Zaman amongst their ranks for this year&#39;s edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL).<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Pakistan Shaheens -- effectively the nation&#39;s &#39;A&#39; team -- will play MCC in a 50-over match at Aitchison College two days later, and the hosts will be captained by Saud Shakeel.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The club will then switch back to T20 for matches against Pakistan&#39;s domestic T20 champions Northern, and Multan Sultans of the PSL, who will include England&#39;s Moeen Ali and James Vince in their squad for the tournament which begins shortly after the MCC tour.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>MCC president Kumar Sangakkara will captain a 12-man squad for the tour, which includes the likes of Ravi Bopara, Roelof van der Merwe and Ross Whiteley.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;This tour of Pakistan will be a momentous occasion for everyone involved,&quot; MCC head coach Ajmal Shahzad said.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&quot;We hope that this tour helps contribute to the Pakistan Cricket Board&#39;s (PCB) wish of seeing international teams returning to tour the country on a regular basis.&quot;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>MCC squad: Kumar Sangakkara (c), Ravi Bopara, Michael Burgess, Oliver Hannon-Dalby, Fred Klaassan, Michael Leask, Arron Lilley, Imran Qayyum, Will Rhodes, Safyaan Sharif, Roelof van der Merwe, Ross Whiteley.<\/p>\r\n",
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