Multan gears up to host Test cricket after 16 years
Groundsmen prepare for the upcoming test match between Pakistan and South Africa at the cricket stadium in Rawalpindi on Saturday. PHOTO: AFP
The Pakistan Cricket Board said that tickets for the second Test between Pakistan and England at the Multan Cricket Stadium had been put on sale from Saturday.
The iconic fixture will see the return of Test cricket to the City of Saints after over 16 years and will be played from 9-13 December.
To make the most prestigious format of the game accessible to more and more people, the Pakistan Cricket Board has set the prices of the tickets at a very nominal rate, namely, Rs250 for the VIP enclosure and Rs150 for the Premium enclosure.
The VIP enclosures are Imran Khan, Fazal Mehmood, Javed Miandad and Zaheer Abbas while the enclosures that fall into the Premium category are Wasim Akram, Elahi Brothers, Hanif Mohammad and Mushtaq Ahmed.
The tickets will be sold in physical form only and will be available at Gulgasht Bagh and Main Vihari Chowk from 0900 till 1800 every day.
Some of the important information for ticket-holders: entrance inside the venue on match days will strictly be either through an ID card/B-Form used while purchasing the ticket; tickets will be available exclusively on pcb.bookme.pk; entry to the match will only be allowed on printed tickets, which spectators will be able to get from the designated Bookme box offices stationed at Gulgasht Bagh and the Main Vihari Chowk from 0900 till 1800 everyday starting from Monday (December 5); it is prohibited to bring any firearms, toy guns, vuvuzela, explosives, firecrackers, cigarettes, matches, lighters, knives and any sharp objects into the stadium; no eatables, drinks, glass/plastic bottles, any flag except Pakistani flag are allowed in the stadium; ticket issuance is subject to the organisers' terms and conditions, which are available at www.bookme.pk, specific venues and locations; all persons, including children above 4 years of age, must have their own separate and original ID Card/B-Form and ticket to enter the stadium and while sitting inside the enclosure during the match.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 5th, 2022.