England to play Tests in Rawalpindi, Multan and Karachi in December

England's first Test tour of Pakistan in 17 years will begin in Rawalpindi on December 1, and includes in the schedule the first Test in Multan since November 2006. The series will end with a Test in Karachi, scene of England's famous series-clinching win in the dark in December 2000. The final Test will start on December 17.

The Test series is effectively the second leg of a tour that starts with a seven-match T20I series in September-October, with the matches played in Lahore and Karachi between September 20 and October 2. The teams will leave for the T20 World Cup in Australia after that, before returning to Pakistan for the Test series.

Alex Hales is back in international cricket.

Only Eoin Morgan and Jos Buttler have hit more T20I runs for England's men than Hales.

The first ever 7-match T20I series between two ICC Full Member nations starts tomorrow in Karachi. Mozambique and Malawi are the other two nations who have played 7 matches in a T20I series.