New Zealand tour of Pakistan Schedule
Pakistan Cricket Board has announced that New Zealand will play three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals on their first tour to Pakistan in 18 years.
Pakistan Cricket Board has announced that New Zealand will play three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals on their first tour to Pakistan in 18 years.
Rawalpindi’s Pindi Cricket Stadium will be the venue of the 17, 19 and 21 September ODIs, while the iconic Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore will stage the five T20Is from 25 September to 3 October.
While the Rawalpindi ODIs will count towards the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 qualification, third position on the ICC T20I Team Rankings will be up for grabs in Lahore.
The ICC World Test Championship winners will return to Pakistan next year to play Test matches.
New Zealand will be the first side to visit Pakistan in what will be a bumper 2021-22 season for the local cricket fans and supporters. Following New Zealand’s tour, England’s men and women sides will play white-ball matches in Pakistan before West Indies are expected to arrive in Karachi in December for three ODIs and three T20Is. Australia is scheduled to undertake a full tour in February/March 2022.
New Zealand tour of Pakistan Schedule:
- 11 Sep – Arrival in Islamabad
- 12-14 Sep – Room isolation
- 15-16 Sep – Training/practice/intra-squad match
- 17 Sep – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi
- 19 Sep – 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi
- 21 Sep – 3rd ODI, Rawalpindi
- 25 Sep – 1st T20I, Lahore
- 26 Sep – 2nd T20I, Lahore
- 29 Sep – 3rd T20I, Lahore
- 1 Oct – 4th T20I, Lahore
- 3 Oct – 5th T20I, Lahore
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