Deviating from its custom of asserting worldwide sequence on the final minute, the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed on Friday that the boys’s crew will play 9 Exams, 14 ODIs and 9 T20Is within the 2024/25 season, together with a high-profile sequence towards England.
Pakistan will host England in a three-match Check sequence in October this yr, whereas excursions by Bangladesh and the West Indies are additionally on the calendar.
“These sequence are a significant a part of our technique to strengthen Pakistan’s place in worldwide cricket and guarantee long-term sustainability for the game in our nation,” stated Mohsin Naqvi, the PCB Chairman.
In an announcement, the PCB stated Bangladesh will play two Exams in Rawalpindi (21-25 August) and Karachi (30 August-3 September) to kick off the worldwide season culminating with the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 remaining, proposed on March 9.
Pakistan will face England in three Exams in Multan (7-11 October), Karachi (15-19 October) and Rawalpindi (24-28 October), and the West Indies will go to for 2 Exams in Karachi (16-20 January) and Multan (24-28 January).
Along with these, there will even be a tri-series involving New Zealand and South Africa, which will likely be a precursor to subsequent yr’s Champions Trophy. This occasion will likely be held in Multan (February 8-14).
On this interval, Pakistan will even tour Australia, Zimbabwe and South Africa for 9 ODIs as many T20Is and two Exams between November 4 to January 7.
Bangladesh will likely be touring Pakistan for the primary time since 2020 however England was in Pakistan in December 2022 profitable the three-match sequence 3-0.
West Indies haven’t performed a Check sequence in Pakistan since 2006.
The PCB additionally said that the Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL 2025) will likely be held within the April/Might window to keep away from clashing with the Champions Trophy schedule.
The PSL normally been scheduled within the February-March window since its launch in 2016.
The 9 Exams towards Bangladesh, England, SA and the West Indies will likely be a part of the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25.
“This ensures that each the boys’s cricket crew administration and the PCB occasion workers have enough time to arrange, plan and ship these sequence to our very excessive expectations and requirements, showcasing Pakistan as an impressive cricket nation and the PCB as a completely skilled organisation,” Naqvi added.
He stated Pakistan has positioned a excessive worth on these groups’ willingness to tour the nation.
“The visits by 5 high cricket-playing nations within the lead-up to the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, adopted by seven international locations collaborating within the occasion correct over the subsequent eight months, additionally spotlight Pakistan’s standing and stature in worldwide cricket.
“We deeply worth the participation of those groups and gamers, who will deliver immense expertise and aggressive spirit to our fields,” he stated.