Australia Cricket Team Tour to Pakistan Complete Schedule

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Friday a revised schedule for the Australia cricket team’s tour of Pakistan during the current calendar year.

The tour, which will be Australia’s first in 24 years, will begin and end in Rawalpindi with the opening test to be played March 4-8 and the four cue ball matches to be played March 29-April 5. , a statement from the PCB said.

The tour will comprise three Tests, three ODIs and a T20I.

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The change in the venue for the first test means that the second test will be played in Karachi from March 12-16 and the third in Lahore from March 21-25.

“The schedule has been revised to ease logistical and operational challenges, as well as to avoid Pakistan Day rehearsals, which typically start in Islamabad in the second week of March,” the statement said.

The statement says the two cricket boards have also agreed that the Australia test team will complete their isolation in Australia, before arriving in Islamabad on February 27 on a charter flight.

After a day-long room isolation, the Australia team will hold training sessions at Pindi Cricket Stadium, the statement read.

Australia’s white ball players are expected to arrive in Lahore on March 24 after self-isolation in their home country.

After a day of isolation upon arrival, they will integrate with other members of the camp and travel to Islamabad for the first ODI in Rawalpindi on March 29, according to the statement.

The Tests will be part of the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs are linked to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, from which the top eight teams, including hosts India, will qualify directly. for the 2023 World Cup for over 50s.

Australia Cricket Team Tour to Pakistan Complete Schedule