Stuart Broad likely to miss Pakistan Test tour due to birth of child: Report

Englands pacebowling stalwart Stuart Broad is reportedly likely to miss the Test tour of Pakistan in December as his fiancee Mollie King is due to give birth before the end of the year a report in Evening Standard has saidEngland are scheduled to play three Tests beginning in Rawalpindi on December 1 with the other two matches scheduled in Multan and KarachiThis will be the first time in 17 years that England will be playing a Test on Pakistani soil They last toured the subcontinent in 2005 following which a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team bus in Lahore in 2009 resulted in Pakistan getting isolatedAhead of the Test series England are also scheduled to play seven T20Is in SeptemberOctober in Pakistan in preparation for the ICC T20 World Cup Following the global event in Australia England will against return to Pakistan for the three Test matchesAlso Read Axar Patel reveals his frustrations with inconsistent game time but insists he sees it a positive lightThe report added that as a result of the family commitment Broad seems set to miss this winters tour The 36yearold bowler has never played in Pakistan in his 15year international careerBroad likely missing the tour would mean he will have to wait another five months for the next opportunity to play redball cricket for England once the ongoing series against South Africa concludes next monthBroad would like to finish the ongoing threeTest series against the Proteas on a high given that if he skips the Pakistan tour in December the next opportunity for him will come in February 2023 when England play two Tests against New Zealand in FebruaryBroad had a forgettable outing in the opening Test against South Africa at Lords where he got just one wicket as England lost the match by an innings ans 12 runsBroad admitted in his column for the Daily Mail following the defeat that he was a bit tentative in the matchPersonally maybe I was a bit tentative questioning my rhythm and how my action was instead of focusing on being really competitive Perhaps I didnt have that attitude of Im coming for you batter that people associate with mePerhaps I erred on the side of caution because I wasnt going into the Test matchhardened We had not played for six weeks and you only have to be slightly off in your competitive spirit for it to show at international level he said in his columnThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever