{"id":517331,"date":"2026-03-04T03:59:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517331\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T03:59:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T03:59:09","slug":"england-lions-team-back-in-uk-from-abu-dhabi-after-cancellation-of-series-with-pakistan-shaheens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/517331\/","title":{"rendered":"England Lions: Team back in UK from Abu Dhabi after cancellation of series with Pakistan Shaheens"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Our thoughts are with all those currently still in the Gulf who are seeking to return to the UK, and we hope they are able to get home soon.”<\/p>\n

While most of the Iranian attacks appear to have been intercepted so far, some of the UAE’s most iconic buildings have been damaged<\/a> – including the Fairmont The Palm hotel in the luxurious Palm Jumeirah area and the Burj Al Arab hotel.<\/p>\n

Dubai International Airport has also been hit along with Abu Dhabi’s Zayed International Airport.<\/p>\n

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said the decision to call off the series with England “was mutually agreed” as they make arrangements to bring home their contingent.<\/p>\n

“The safety, security and wellbeing of the players and support staff remain the highest priority for the PCB,” added the PCB.<\/p>\n

“The PCB remains in constant contact with the team management and players to ensure appropriate measures are in place to bring team back to Pakistan.”<\/p>\n

England won the three-match T20 series against Pakistan Shaheens 3-0 and were 1-0 up in the five-match 50-over series.<\/p>\n

Nottinghamshire have cancelled their pre-season tour to the UAE, which was set to start on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"“Our thoughts are with all those currently still in the Gulf who are seeking to return to the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517332,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[64,63,740,85],"class_list":["post-517331","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\/517331","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=517331"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517331\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}