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Kumar Sangakkara to lead MCC team on tour of Pakistan in 2020

By Saurabh Sharma December 18, 2019 • 17:36 PM View: 1448

London, Dec 18: Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) will be sending a team led by former Sri Lanka captain and current MCC president Kumar Sangakkara on a tour to Pakistan in 2020. It is yet to be specified what format will be used but the MCC said that all matches will be played at Aitchison College in Lahore.

"It is hugely important to support cricket in countries such as Pakistan, and the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) has done a tremendous job in rebuilding the international cricketing landscape since the tragic events of 2009," Sangakkara was quoted as saying in the MCC's statement.

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