Australia Satisfied With Security Arrangements By Pakistan

Web Desk — This is indeed great news from Cricket Australia that Kangroos’ Test team skipper Pat Cummins has expressed satisfaction and said his team was “comfortable” with the security arrangements and “excited” about the upcoming tour to Pakistan, the first since 1998.

They are scheduled to leave this weekend before the first of three Tests in Rawalpindi starts on March 4 – giving them less than a week to acclimatize and without any warm-up matches.

There will be two Tests in Karachi and Lahore, followed by three ODIs and one Twenty20 in Rawalpindi.

“We are at the point where everyone boarding the plane is comfortable with where they are sitting. Security and logistics have done a tremendous amount of work,” Cummins said.

In these times, there is also the added layer of bio-security. After we get over there, we will be able to just concentrate on the cricket once we get there.

“More than anything, this is a really special tour,” he added. “We’re going to fly over there and experience something new. Everyone is excited.”

Australia Test squad: Pat Cummins (capt), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc, Mark Steketee, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner.

Australia ODI and T20 squad: Aaron Finch (capt), Sean Abbott, Ashton Agar, Jason Behrendorff, Alex Carey, Nathan Ellis, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Marsh, Ben McDermott, Kane Richardson, Steve Smith, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa.

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