{"id":50807,"date":"2024-10-02T17:38:25","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:38:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=50807"},"modified":"2024-10-02T17:40:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T12:40:22","slug":"sky-sports-secures-last-minute-deal-for-england-test-tour-of-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/sky-sports-secures-last-minute-deal-for-england-test-tour-of-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Sports secures last minute deal for England Test tour of Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Sky Sports, a British sports broadcaster, has made an eleventh-hour agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to provide screen coverage of England&#8217;s tour of Pakistan, the channel announced on X.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The broadcast deal was finalized after earlier uncertainty surrounding the broadcast rights of the three-match Pakistan vs England Test series, the first test of which will begin on October 7.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It is pertinent to mention that,\u00a0Sky broadcasted England\u2019s last tour of Pakistan in December 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Sky Sports\u2019 renowned commentators Ian Ward, Nasser Hussain, and Michael Atherton are also expected to feature. The channel will take the host broadcaster\u2019s feed, which is expected to feature David Gower.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Sky Sports will show England Men\u2019s upcoming three-match Test tour of Pakistan, live and exclusively on Sky Sports Cricket! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6zmfqNs9TS\">pic.twitter.com\/6zmfqNs9TS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sky Sports Cricket (@SkyCricket) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SkyCricket\/status\/1841418295930486917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The schedule of the Test series was also changed at the last minute. The second fixture was originally planned to be held in Karachi but has been relocated to Multan due to renovations at the Karachi stadium in preparation for the upcoming ICC Champions Trophy.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the wee hours of Wednesday, the England cricket team, led by all-rounder Ben Stokes, arrived in Multan for the Test series. The squad will rest on October 2 and 3 before beginning practice sessions on October 4.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-factbox\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__text-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title-wrapper\">\n<h3 class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\">England squad<\/h3>\n<p class=\"sdc-article-factbox__title\">Ben Stokes (captain), Rehan Ahmed, Gus Atkinson, Shoaib Bashir, Harry Brook, Brydon Carse, Jordan Cox, Zak Crawley, Ben Duckett, Jack Leach, Ollie Pope, Matthew Potts, Joe Root, Jamie Smith, Olly Stone, Chris Woakes<\/p>\n<h3>Pakistan squad<\/h3>\n<p>Shan Masood (captain), Saud Shakeel (vice-captain), Abdullah Shafique, Aamir Jamal, Babar Azam, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Huraira, Mir Hamza, Naseem Shah, Mohammad Rizwan (WK), Saim Ayub, Noman Ali, Sarfaraz Ahmed (WK), Salman Ali Agha, and Shaheen Shah Afridi.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: Sky Sports, a British sports broadcaster, has made an eleventh-hour agreement with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to provide screen coverage of England&#8217;s tour of Pakistan, the channel announced on X. The broadcast deal was finalized after earlier uncertainty surrounding the broadcast rights of the three-match Pakistan vs England Test series, the first test [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":50813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[22445,22590],"class_list":["post-50807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-pakistan-vs-england-test-series","tag-sky-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50807"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50817,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50807\/revisions\/50817"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}