LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today (Sunday) has announced a revised itinerary for the upcoming white-ball series against Zimbabwe, which comprises of three one-day internationals and as many Twenty20 Internationals.
According to a statement, the three ODIs, which were originally scheduled to take place in Multan, have now been shifted to Rawalpindi, due to logistical and operational challenges.
The ODI series is part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League. Meanwhile, the T20I leg of the tour has been moved to Lahore, after originally being planned to take place in Rawalpindi.
Explaining the changes, PCB Director International Cricket, Zakir Khan said, “After Multan became unavailable due to logistical and operational reasons, we took the opportunity to revisit the entire schedule and have come up with an itinerary that is suitable for the teams, match officials, broadcasters, event staff and other support agencies.”
“The availability of Rawalpindi has ensured there is no uncertainty for our ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches as we aim to collect maximum points from this series to achieve our target of qualifying directly for the ICC’s pinnacle 50-over event,” he added.
Zimbabwe last visited Pakistan in 2015 for three ODIs and two T20Is. However, they now return after international cricket has resumed in Pakistan, following the successful tours of Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in the 2019-20 season.
Full schedule:
1st ODI: 30 October, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
2nd ODI: 1 November, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
3rd ODI: 3 November, Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
1st T20I: 7 November, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
2nd T20I: 8 November, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
3rd T20I: 10 November, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
