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PCB wants to host six-day Tests

Karachi: In order to make up for lost time due to weather and bad light, the PCB will ask the ICC to allow six-day Tests in Pakistan during the winter.

Talking to reporters after the meeting of the Ad-hoc Committee of the PCB, board chairman Shaharyar Khan said, ``In the last home series against England we lost a lot of time and overs due to bad light and weather, and we want the ICC to at least allow us to hold six-day Tests between November 15 and January 15 every year if we've no other option but to host Tests in this period. ``We want to ensure that we've Test matches with full quota of 450 overs bowled.'' — UNI

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