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Australia men’s cricket team set to tour Pakistan for first time in 24 years


 Pakistan cricket board confirms dates for the third test trip, as well as white football matches, which will be Australia's first cricket on Pakistani soil since 1998.

Australia will spend 24 years out of Pakistan after announcing the dates of a month-long tour that will take three Tests and four matches for a few overs.

The Pakistan cricket board today announced a plan to include Test matches in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore, which will also host three ODIs and one T20 match to follow.


Confirmation of the Australian trip comes just days before the two countries meet in the semi-finals of the T20 World Cup in Dubai (1am Friday AEDT).

Next year's tour will be Australia's first game in South Africa since late 1998, when a trip to three Tests, three ODIs included current coach Justin Langer as part of Test XI and saw Andrew Symonds play for the first time. in the ODIs.

2022 Pakistan Qantas Tour Pakistan


March 3-7: First test, Karachi


March 12-16: Second Test, Rawalpindi


March 21-25: Third Test, Lahore


March 29: First ODI, Lahore


March 31: Second ODI, Lahore


April 2: Third ODI, Lahore


April 5: T20 only, Lahore


PCB chairman Ramiz Raja called the Three-Test series "carpenter's delight".


"I'm not happy that we will be in the three-match Test tournament, the experienced ones are happy," Raja said in a statement.


“Australia is one of the teams that has played well and playing in the backyard for the first time after a 24-year gap will be something special for the fans.


“As such, it will be a great opportunity for the Australian cricketers to not only play in our beautiful stadiums but also to feel and enjoy the respect, love and hospitality offered by this beautiful country, something that most cricket players miss. it plays offshore. "


Current Test captain Tim Paine and national election chairman George Bailey both excelled at World XI playing three T20s in the country in mid-2017 as Pakistan begins to open world cricket again.


Cricket Australia chief executive Nick Hockley said the organization "will continue to work closely in the coming months to complete the required operations, logistics, security and COVID-19 agreements".


"The safety and well-being of our players and staff remains our top priority, and we will continue to work with the PCB and relevant agencies to ensure that appropriate and adequate tourism arrangements are made."


Australia's last visit to Pakistan in 1998 was made famous when captain Mark Taylor hit the epic 334 unbeaten in the second Test in a three-match series his team won 1-0.

A suicide bombing in Karachi a few months before the next Australian trip scheduled for 2002 saw the series move to Colombo and the UAE, and a planned 2008 trip was canceled after street violence following national elections.


A 2009 terrorist attack on a bus carrying a Sri Lankan team, along with their Australian coach Trevor Bayliss, paid for annual international cricket, and Australia played a series of 'air cricket' tests in a neutral area in England in 2010. .


That series saw Steve Smith and Tim Paine start together at Lord's.

Although Australia have enjoyed great domestic success against Pakistan in recent years the record they have played against them in the United Arab Emirates has been poor. Australia lost the 2014 Series to the UAE 2-0, with captain Misbah ul Haq equal to the current Test Century record, then losing 1-0 in October 2018, their last series against Pakistan, and the first of Langer as a coach. of Australia.

Zimbabwe became the first fully-fledged country to return to play in South Africa following a 2009 bus attack, during which they played minor oversight games in 2015.


The country successfully hosted the Pakistan Super League T20 tournament in the country ahead of the COVID-19 epidemic, which included Australians such as Shane Watson, Chris Lynn and Ben Dunk.


The confirmation of Australia's return is a major benefit to Pakistan after New Zealand and England both canceled plans to visit the country this year.


Raja said in September he felt "used and imprisoned" after England canceled a white football tour of their men's and women's teams in October.


Pakistan was visiting England during the COVID-19 violence in mid-2020.


England's decision to cancel its trip follows the abrupt withdrawal of the New Zealand team just before it played its first game in the country in 18 years due to increased "level of intimidation by the New Zealand government in Pakistan, as well as advice from New Zealand.


Both the England and New Zealand tours were in limited overs formats, and the Australian tour is the first to travel to Pakistan which will include all three.

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