Australia to tour Pakistan in March-April 2022, PCB releases schedule

Australia to tour Pakistan in March-April 2022, PCB releases schedule

Lahore (Web Desk): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday revealed that Australia will tour Pakistan in March and April of 2020.

According to the board, both sides will play, three Tests, three one day internationals (ODIs) and one Twenty-20 international (T20I).

The first Test match between the two sides will be played in Karachi while the second Test will be played from March 12-16 in Rawalpindi. Both sides will lock horns in the third Test match on March 21-25 in Punjab capital Lahore.

The Tests will be played as part of the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be connected to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.

All four white-ball matches of the series will take place in Lahore from March 29 to April 5, confirmed the PCB.

The Tests matches will be played as part of the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be connected to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.

"The Tests will be played as part of the ICC World Test Championship, while the ODIs will be connected to the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League — a 13-team event from which the seven highest-placed sides and the hosts, India, will qualify directly for the event proper in 2023," the cricket body said.

This will be the first time that an Australian side will be visiting Pakistan to play a cricket series here after 24 years. Australian side last time played a series in Pakistan in 1998.