Eoin Morgan’s England side are preparing for two games against Pakistan in Dubai and one in Sharjah,with next year’s World Twenty20 looming large A maximum of 120 overs remain on the trip to the United Arab Emirates: three Twenty20 matches, which are traditionally regarded as the barely relevant fag-end of any expedition. Logically that should not be the case this time. The World T20 is round the corner – it takes set somewhere in India in March – and therefore the three matches against Pakistan – in Dubai on Thursday and Friday and one in Sharjah next Monday – are “very valuable”, and according to Eoin Morgan.
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Source: theguardian.com