"I’d Be Lying If I Said I Wasn’t Worried Because You’re Going Back There When There’s Been Trouble" - Mark Wood Raises Safety Concerns Over Pakistan Tour After Assassination Attempt On Imran Khan

England fast bowler Mark Wood has admitted he is worried about going back to Pakistan for a Test series later this month in the wake of an assassination attempt on former Pakistan prime minister and former national cricket team captain Imran Khan on Thursday. But the England and Wales Cricket Board has no immediate plans to abandon their upcoming Test tour of the country.

Wood is part of the squad that will travel to Pakistan later this month. He was also part of the white-ball squad that traveled to Pakistan in October to play seven Twenty20 internationals, they’re first in the country in 17 years. England toured Pakistan for the first time since 2005 and won the series 4-3.

I’d Be Lying If I Said I Wasn’t Worried – Mark Wood

“From the security we had then I can only mention what we came across, and it was fantastic. We were looked after really well, but I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t worried because you’re going back there when there’s been trouble. If you break it down and think what it was like when we were there it was pretty good for us, we were looked after really well,” Wood said

“So it’ll be for people above me to decide whatever happens. But obviously it’s worrying when you’re going back there as a cricketer and there’s unrest in the country, but that’s for their country to deal with. We trust our security guys so if they say it’s all fine then we go, but I don’t know if this changes it.”

England will return to Pakistan for three Tests after a successful Twenty20 tour in September and October. According to England’s spokesperson, the ECB is monitoring the situation, but it is too early to make a decision on the tour, which begins on December 1, when England arrives in Pakistan via a warm-up in the UAE.

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