'ECB wants to host Pakistan'

The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have invited Pakistan to tour there next year instead of the Englishmen travelling to the sub-continent nation as per the ICC Future Tours Programme.
A Pakistan Cricket Board official today said the ECB had invited Pakistan to play four Tests, five one-day internationals and a Twenty20 match in 2010.
"Under FTP England are due to tour Pakistan next year but apparently they feel the best possible solution is that instead we go to England," the official told PTI.
He said that England's decision was apparently prompted due to the security situation in the country.
"We are studying their proposal because they are lot of ambiguities that need to be sorted out. Most importantly who will have the television rights to the series if we go to England because we would consider the tour as a home series," he said.
The official said as per terms for home series, the Dubai based Ten sports had the rights to broadcast the series but the ECB's broadcasting rights were with Sky television.
"This is a very important issue that needs to be sorted out between the broadcasters and the boards," the official said.