Under the rules of the governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), 90 overs a day minimum should be bowled during Tests.

But a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official told Reuters on Tuesday that this would not be possible during the tour which will be held during the Pakistan winter from October 26. Instead the teams must only bowl 83 overs.

November and December in Punjab are winter months with bad light and fog normally reducing playing hours and dew problems affecting one-dayers in the evening hours.

"The one-dayers which are being played under lights will start early around 1130 in the morning (instead of 1345) so that we have an early finish," director of PCB cricket operations, Saleem Altaf said.

England play three Tests in Multan, Faisalabad and Lahore in November and four of the five one-dayers divided between Rawalpindi and Lahore in December.

The tourists have also agreed to play a one-dayer in the southern port city of Karachi but rejected a proposal to play a Test there for security reasons.