{"id":514604,"date":"2026-03-02T21:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T21:27:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T21:27:08","slug":"lions-tour-england-womens-training-camp-in-uae-cancelled-over-security-situation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/514604\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions tour, England Women’s training camp in UAE cancelled over security situation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The ECB has cancelled England Lions<\/a>‘ ongoing tour of the UAE following US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and is working to get players and staff back to the UK. It has also ruled out sending the England women<\/a>‘s team on a planned training camp to the region.<\/p>\n

The Lions had been playing white-ball series against Pakistan Shaheens<\/a> but saw the second of five one-dayers called off at the weekend<\/a>. The remaining three games have now been shelved.<\/p>\n

England Women, who have not played since they exited the 2025 ODI World Cup in October, had been due to depart for Abu Dhabi for a camp as part of their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup, which is to be staged in the UK in June-July. The ECB said it was now looking at “alternative options”.<\/p>\n

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An ECB statement said: “The remainder of the England Men’s Lions’ tour has been cancelled, and we are working to get everyone home as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

“We have ruled out the possibility of England Women’s T20 World Cup camp taking place in Abu Dhabi given the instability across the Gulf.<\/p>\n

“Over the weekend we started work on alternative options that will enable England Women to achieve the same outcomes, and we’ll keep you informed as soon as we finalise a new plan.”<\/p>\n

The closure of airspace in West Asia as a result of the conflict has affected thousands of flights to and from the region, with Zimbabwe’s departure from India after their involvement in the Men’s T20 World Cup delayed<\/a>. West Indies also said on Monday that their players had been forced to remain in place after their final game.<\/p>\n

The ICC has said it is monitoring the situation<\/a>, although it is not expected to affect the conclusion of the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ECB has cancelled England Lions‘ ongoing tour of the UAE following US-Israeli air strikes on Iran and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":514605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-514604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/514605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}