For the first time in nearly nine years fans in Pakistan may have a season of cricket in their country to look forward to, after the PCB confirmed that the Punjab government had approved a T20 series with a World XI to take place in Lahore. And to the talk of Sri Lanka potentially playing a single T20 from their tour to the UAE in Lahore can be added to the possibility of a three-match T20 series against West Indies in November, also in Lahore. <br />T20Is <br /> Pakistan[12] <br /> <br /> Sarfraz Ahmed (c, wk) <br /> Fakhar Zaman <br /> Ahmed Shehzad <br /> Babar Azam <br /> Shoaib Malik <br /> Umar Amin <br /> Imad Wasim <br /> Shadab Khan <br /> Mohammad Nawaz <br /> Fahim Ashraf <br /> Hasan Ali <br /> Aamer Yamin <br /> Mohammad Amir <br /> Rumman Raees <br /> Usman Khan <br /> Sohail Khan <br /> <br /> <br />World XI[13] <br /> Faf du Plessis (c) <br /> Hashim Amla <br /> Samuel Badree <br /> George Bailey <br /> Paul Collingwood <br /> Ben Cutting <br /> Grant Elliott <br /> Tamim Iqbal <br /> David Miller <br /> Morné Morkel <br /> Tim Paine (wk) <br /> Thisara Perera <br /> Imran Tahir <br /> Darren Sammy <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />The developments, announced by the new PCB chairman Najam Sethi, in a press conference in Lahore amount to a bumper season of home cricket for a country that has seen only a short visit by Zimbabwe and the final of the Pakistan Super League, featuring a number of foreign players, since March 2009. <br /> <br />The Punjab government has promised presidential-level security for the week-long tour by a World XI which will be a 15-man squad comprising players from all top Test-playing countries. The team will be led by Andy Flower as coach and will undergo a seven-day camp in Dubai before travelling to Lahore for three T20s, starting from September 10. An ICC security team is expected to visit Lahore on August 26 and 27.
