The Pakistan Cricket Board is expecting England, Australia and New Zealand to follow suit after South Africa official withdrew from next month’s Champions Trophy to be staged in Pakistan.

“Four countries have now decided against coming to Pakistan. I probably shouldn't bracket the other three (England, Australia and New Zealand) with South Africa as they have yet to announce their decisions but from what we are hearing they will probably do the same,” PCB’s chief operating officer Shafqat Naghmi was quoted as saying to Reuters.

“We already know they have expressed their apprehensions,”