Australia confirms first tour of Pakistan in 24 years, see full schedule

Rushabh Kothari February 4, 2022

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Cricket Australia (CA) said on Friday that Australia has confirmed its first tour of Pakistan in 24 years after getting approval from the governments and players’ union of both the countries. Australia, which last toured Pakistan in 1998, is scheduled to play three Tests, as many One Day Internationals and one T20I between March 4 and April 5. “I would like to thank the PCB and both the Pakistan and Australian governments for ensuring that the tour goes ahead for the first time in 24 years,” CA chief executive Nick Hockley said in a statement. This is a historic occasion and important for the global development and health of the sport. We are looking forward to an exciting series between two world class teams. Top teams have largely shunned Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore, in which six policemen and two civilians were killed. ( pakistan tour )

Revised schedule of Australia’s tour to Pakistan announced

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Best player will tour Pakistan for the first time in 24 years (Pakistan tour)

Hockley’s Pakistani counterpart Faisal Hasnain said: “We are delighted that the Cricket Australia Board has formally approved their team’s five-week tour schedule and confirmed that their best player available is touring Pakistan for the first time in 24 years. do. Pointing to the teams’ strong performances in the recent past, Hasnain said that it is set for a tough competition series, something that fans will thoroughly enjoy and remember for a long time. The tour begins with the opening Test in Rawalpindi on 4 March, hosting the entire white-ball phase of the series, ending with a one-off T20 game on 5 April. Test captain Pat Cummins was confident that most of Australia’s players would travel to Pakistan. “I think we will get closer to a full-strength squad,” Cummins told local media on Thursday. Still a little work left to do. We’ve got a lot of information and it’s been great. All the pre-tour safety and bio-security work has been done and it has been fantastic. ( pakistan tour )