The government on Friday hardened lockdown restrictions in Greater Manchester and other areas in northern England after a spike in coronavirus cases.
Vaughan also cautioned the home side against Pakistan's top-order, which according to him, is filled with experienced campaigners.
The series will begin with the opener on August 5 at the Old Trafford Cricket ground in Manchester.
Younis Khan said he has been trying to improve the batting skills of pace trio of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Abbas.
Ramiz feels England will be battle-hardened going into the series and they will start as favourites against Pakistan, who according to him, still lack proper match practice.
Broad helped England to a win in the third Test against West Indies, and thus a 2-1 series win, by taking 10 wickets in the match. He thus ends the series as the highest wicket-taker, despite not playing in the first Test.
Last month, 10 Pakistan players had been left out of the England tour squad after they failed to clear the coronavirus test.
Azhar Ali and Sarfaraz Ahmed will lead the two sides as they take each other on in an intra-squad match to prepare for three-Test series against England.
Prior to the practice match, Sohail had a conversation with bowling coach Waqar Younis on the art of late swing.
Having initially pulled out due to the birth of his second child, Amir made himself available for next month's T20 series against England on Monday.
Younis said the ongoing England-West Indies series has shown that the pitches at Southampton and Manchester are now slow and sluggish.
Rauf, who made a surprise Pakistan debut in the T20 series against Bangladesh at home early this year, has consistently tested positive in his COVID-19 tests.
The 33-year-old had earlier tested positive after arriving in the UK with a delayed third batch of Pakistani players for the series starting next month.
England lost the opening Test by four wickets on Sunday at an empty Rose Bowl in Southampton, the first international cricket match after the coronavirus outbreak.
The Pakistan cricket team is currently in England, acclimatising themselves ahead of their much-anticipated series which includes three Tests and as many T20Is starting August.
The two teams are scheduled to play three Tests and as many T20Is in the series which will be played after the conclusion of the ongoing three-match Test series between England and West Indies.
The Pakistan team started their preparations for the much-anticipated series with a two-day inter-squad scenario-based practice match played on July 5-6 at Worcester.
The Pakistan tour will begin with the Test series with the opener at the Old Trafford Ground in Manchester on August 5. The second and the third will start on August 13 and 21 respectively and both will be played in Southampton.
Fast bowler Haris Rauf has tested positive once again in the latest round of testing conducted by the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Azam stated that he doesn't want to be compared with Kohli but with some of the top-class batsmen that have donned the jersey of Pakistan in the past.
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