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Ireland and Pakistan's two-match T20 international series has been postponed for a second time, due to scheduling issues.
The series was initially scheduled in 2020, but was postponed because of the Covid-19 pandemic, however, Ireland hoped to start the matches in England, with one of Ireland's international grounds, in Clontarf, still unavailable after the square was relaid.
Despite agreements being reached with two grounds, the ECB have said logistics regarding scheduling and Covid regulations made hosting the game impossible.
"We had agreements drawn up with two grounds but the ECB came back to us and said that they had so many international teams coming into the country already and that the logistics around bubbles and Covid protocols are such a significant operation that having another two countries in at that time was just too much," Cricket Ireland performance director Richard Holdsworth told ESPNcricinfo.
"It is a shame, especially in a T20 World Cup year, but we still have three [T20Is] lined up against South Africa in July and five against Zimbabwe in August. We're trying to reschedule the Pakistan ones for a future date at some stage down the line," he added.