England to face India in October and Pakistan in UAE in the New Year

The England and Wales Cricket Board has officially clarified the latest details of its winter plans after a schedule outlined by Giles Clarke, the board chairman on Test Match Special, proved to be spectacularly wide of the mark. An ECB spokesman said that five ODIs and a Twenty20 international would take place in India in October, as outlined by the Indian board on Saturday. This, however, will be England's only international cricket until the New Year. They will then play Pakistan in the UAE in a programme consisting of three Tests, four ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals. After a short break, England's final part of the winter will consist of a two-Test tour of Sri Lanka, finishing in early April, and no one-day games.