In a rather worrying development for Pakistani cricket fans, the Green Shirts will not be able to practice at the New York’s Nassau County International Cricket Stadium ahead of their Sunday’s clash against arch-rivals India.
The Babar Azam-led side will engage in a three-hour practice session at Cantiague Park instead of the Nassau stadium which is set to host Pakistan and India on June 9 at 7:30pm PST.
It is important to note that the Indian side has played a match at the venue against Ireland and is better aware of the pitch condition than Green Shirts.
Moreover, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has vowed to address concerns regarding the pitch at the NY stadium ahead of the June 9 match after criticism.
“T20 Inc and the ICC recognise that the pitches used so far at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium have not played as consistently as we would have all wanted,” the ICC said in a statement.
“The world-class grounds team have been working hard since the conclusion of yesterday’s game to remedy the situation and deliver the best possible surfaces for the remaining matches.”
Pak vs US match
Pakistan have so far played one match of the T20 World Cup and were defeated in the Super Over by the minnows US.
The hosts successfully defended a 19-run target in the Super Over challenge against Pakistan as earlier they managed to tie the score in the nail-biting 20-over play.
Pakistan lost the match by five runs in the one-over eliminator.
They had posted a 160-run target while batting first which the US managed to levelled on the last ball of the last over as they concluded their innings at 159-3.
In the Super Over, Pakistan’s Mohammad Amir took the ball and the US concluded their innings 18-1 and in reply, Pakistan could only score 13-1 and ended up losing the match by five runs
