England are due on Thursday morning to embark upon their fifth Test series in Pakistan in the past four decades – assuming that they can find 11 men sufficiently virus-free to play. A vast convoy of military vehicles is ready to escort their team bus to the ground in Rawalpindi.
A Test series will be quite an experience; it always is in Pakistan. I’ve been present for three of the previous four tours. So I’m conditioned for the odd surprise – like the sudden health scare within the England camp.
