The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has scheduled a fresh round of talks with officials from Cricket Australia and England and Wales Cricket Board after the World Cup to discuss the resumption of international cricket in the country. The PCB is also set to officially discuss Sri Lanka’s and Bangladesh’s scheduled visits to the country as per the Future Tour Programme (FTP). The discussions between the PCB and officials at SLC and BCB is expected to take place in Singapore on May 26 during the sidelines of an Asian Cricket Council meeting. With their international broadcasting rights ending next year, the PCB has set sights on reviving international cricket in the country, with Australia and England scheduled to visit in 2021 and 2022 respectively. “Tom Harrison, ECB’s chief executive is coming to Pakistan,” Wasim Khan, PCB’s managing director, was quoted as saying. “He is excited to come in two to three months (after World Cup) and he wants to stay and experience living in the country. Because we are going to host them in 2021-22 and we are opening our conversation with them from now because it is such a matter which takes time considering they haven’t toured Pakistan in 13 to 14 years. But they are very positive about touring Pakistan which is good for us. He will come to look at our stadiums and will see our security plans. Kevin Roberts, Cricket Australia chief executive, is also expected to visit. So it’s about relation building and it’s very encouraging that they are making efforts to come to us.” Pakistan’s five-year broadcasting deal, which ends next year, suffered a major blow during the ongoing cycle when India did not fulfill their commitments of two series. The losses were valued over $70 million. With the new broadcasting cycle, PCB is looking to secure a hike in the value of Pakistan cricket’s international broadcasting rights. They had sold their PSL three-year broadcast rights last year for approximately $36 million. “Financial health of PCB is decent and in a good place, but not playing India is a big hit for us and has been a big issue,” Wasim said. “That’s why it’s important for us to bring international team back to Pakistan. It might seem a bit premature when I talked about engaging England and Australia long way before our series, but it’s a process that takes time. We have our sight set on renewing out new international broadcasting rights ending next year. So, the coming year is an important time for us financially.” This year marked 10 years of the attacks on the Sri Lanka team that led to Pakistan being a no-go zone for international teams. Over the years, however, the PCB has tried to revive international cricket by holding a series of exhibition matches, as well as progressively increasingly the hosting of PSL games in the country. For starters, they are hoping to convince Sri Lanka to play a part of their scheduled limited-overs series in Pakistan in September.