LAHORE – February 4 (ONLINE): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced revised schedule for coming home series against Australia, which was also confirmed by Cricket Australia (CA).
Series, potentially first Australia visit to Pakistan in 24 years, will commence on March 4 with the opening test at Rawalpindi. Second test match of the series will be played between 12-16 March while third test will be played between 21-25 March, at Rawalpindi cricket stadium.
According to PCB, One Day Internationals (ODIs) will be played respectively on March 29, March 31 and April 2. Only T20I match of the series will be played on April 5.
“The schedule has been revised to ease logistical and operational challenges as well as to avoid Pakistan Day rehearsals, which usually commence in Islamabad in the second week of March,” the PCB statement said.
Cricket Australia had requested PCB to revise the series’ schedule. As per the previous schedule, the tour was set to begin on March 3 in Karachi, but now it will kick start on March 4 from Rawalpindi.
Karachi was originally scheduled to host the first Test, Rawalpindi second, and Lahore third. But now, Pindi will host the first Test, Karachi second, and Lahore third.
Similarly, the ODIs and T20I were scheduled to be played in Lahore, but now, they will take place in Pindi.
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