Rawalpindi to host tour-opening first Test against Australia

 

Cricket Australia have affirmed that its men's group will head out to Pakistan without precedent for 24 years and will play the hosts in three Tests, three ODIs and a singular T20I on their visit beginning March 4.

The reexamined agenda will see Rawalpindi have the visit opening first Test, trading with Karachi which will currently have the second Test from March 12. The timetable was modified to ease strategic and functional difficulties as well as to keep away from Pakistan Day practices, which normally begin in Islamabad in the second seven day stretch of March.

The Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will be the setting for the last Test. The groups will then, at that point, return to Rawalpindi where every one of the four white-ball games will be played between March 29 and April 5. The three Tests will combine with the ICC Test Championship standings while the ODIs will be region of the planet Cup Super League.

Matches Schedule:

Date Match Venue

 March 4-8 1st Test Rawalpindi

 March 12-16 2nd Test Karachi

 March  21-25 3rd Test Lahore

March  29 1st ODI Rawalpindi

March 31 2nd ODI Rawalpindi

Apr 2 3rd ODI Rawalpindi

Apr 5 Only T20I Rawalpindi

According to an arrangement between the two load up, Australia's Test side will finish their separation in Australia, prior to showing up in Islamabad on February 27 on a sanctioned flight. Following a one-day room disengagement, they will hold instructional meetings at the Pindi Cricket Stadium. The white-competitors are relied upon to show up in Lahore on March 24.

The formal approval from Cricket Australia denotes a critical achievement towards marquee groups getting back to play in Pakistan, regardless of whether some visiting players keep on holding onto worries. New Zealand and England dropped visits to Pakistan before the end of last year, refering to fears over security. The ECB, however, have since consented to visit Pakistan in late 2022 for seven T20Is and three Tests, either side of the T20 WC.

"We are satisfied that the Cricket Australia Board has officially supported their side's five-week visit agenda and affirmed that their best accessible players will visit Pakistan without precedent for 24 years," PCB Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain said. "We are truly eager to have Pat Cummins and his players, and anticipate a cutthroat series that will contain three Tests, three ODIs and a T20I.

"While Australia will show up at the rear of solid exhibitions in their home series against England, our group has been playing amazing cricket bringing about our players clearing the ICC Awards. This supports for a definitely challenged series, something that the fans will completely appreciate and recollect for quite a while."