Lahore 17 Aug : As part of the Future Tours Programme (FTP) for the 2023-27 period, announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC), Pakistan are scheduled to play for around 238 days of international cricket over the four-year period , which includes 27 WTC matches (13 home and 14 away) 47 ODIs (26 home and 21 at home) as well as 56 T20Is (27 home and 29 away).The tournament also includes Pakistan hosting the 50-over 2023 Asia Cup, in the preceding of the Women’s Cricket World Cup 2023 as well as 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.
The amount of matches could increase based on the place Pakistan is in the ICC and ACC events between 2023 and 2027 and in the 2025-2026 ODI tri-series.
The WTC 2023-25 cycle Pakistan will be playing Tests against Australia (away), Bangladesh (home), England (home), South Africa (away), Sri Lanka (away) and West Indies (home).
In the 2025-27 period, they will play Bangladesh (away), England (away), New Zealand (home), South Africa (home), Sri Lanka (home) and West Indies (away).This signifies that Pakistan will host all Full Members with the exception of India.
“While finishing our Future Tours Programme 2023-2027 in an extremely compact and packed cricket calendar we have given priority to quality, context and the workload of players.We also have attempted to find the right balance across all three formats to ensure that they remain in a meaningful way.
“I am certain that the cricketers of Pakistan will be thrilled to learn that top-ranked and attractive teams like Bangladesh, England, New Zealand, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies will be visiting Pakistan to play in games for the ICC World Test Championship.
“Additionally, Afghanistan, Australia, Ireland and Zimbabwe will also be touring Pakistan for white-ball cricket matches.
This means that that 10 of the 12 ICC Full Members will be playing cricket in Pakistan during the four-year period.This is thrilling!” said PCB Chief Executive Faisal Hasnain.
In a fascinating new development, the ODI tri-series is returning on the Pakistan calendar for the first time in the 2004-05 season.New Zealand and South Africa will join Pakistan in the tri-series in 2025.
It will be played in the lead-up to the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy tentatively scheduled for February.England as well as Sri Lanka will participate in the tri-series in the period between October and November 2026.
“We are also conscious that our teams need to receive with the best training opportunities to be able to compete effectively in ICC events.This has been a key aspect of our strategy for scheduling, since we have planned appropriate international games in the weeks leading towards the ICC competitions.”
“Furthermore and in accordance with our goal of establishing triangular ODI series that will aid in the excitement of fans and attracting larger audiences We have set up two tri-series in February 2025 and October/November 2026.which will feature New Zealand and South Africa and England and Sri Lanka, respectively.
This is something that fans can anticipate,” added Hasnain.
In light of the Champions Trophy earmarked for February 2025 The timeframe for the Pakistan Super League (PSL) in the year is scheduled for March 2025-May 2025, making it an exact conflict with the Indian Premier League 2025 season.
The 2026 window of PSL is set to run from December 2025-January 2026 , before making the return to the regular January-February period in 2027 (as as well in 2024).
Pakistan will also play 11 T20Is with Netherlands, Ireland and England in the lead-up to the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 that will be co-hosted by the United States and the West Indies.
In addition in advance of the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 that will be hosted by India and Sri Lanka, Pakistan will play Australia in three T20Is at home.
In addition to Australia Three other nations including Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe — will also participate in white-ball games in Pakistan between 2023 between 2023 and 2027.”The certainty and clarity surrounding our bilateral matches in Pakistan until 2027 gives us a basis to develop an effective commercial program in order to maximize the use of our rights to commercialisation.”
“This will allow us to potentially increase our profits and redirect them to further develop the game of our cricketprogram, from our talent hunt for the grassroots to our international facilities for playing,” concluded Hasnain.
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