England’s cricket team in Pakistan to play three test matches

England’s cricket team visited Islamabad early Sunday to play its first test series in Pakistan since 2005.

Led by Ben Stokes, England will kick off the tour in Rawalpindi – an adjacent city to Islamabad – which hosts the first test next Thursday. The second test will be played at Multan from December 9-13 before England round off the tour with the final test at Karachi from December 17-21.

England had played a seven-match T20 series in Pakistan prior to the T20 World Cup in Australia where it went on to beat Pakistan in the final.