LAHORE, April 23 -- Pakistan cricket team departed for London overnight to take part in a bilateral series against England next month, followed by the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 starting from May 30.
The World Cup squad, led by Sarfaraz Ahmed, took off from Lahore in the early hours of Tuesday. The team will reach London via Dubai later today. Pakistan will play three warm-up matches before taking on joint-hosts England in a five-match one-day series and a Twenty20.
The 1992 World Cup winners start their campaign against the West Indies in Nottingham on May 31.
Sarfaraz, addressing a press conference at Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium on Monday, said he would prefer his side to go into the tournament under the radar. "Look, when we go as fav...