Pakistan announce international schedule for next 12 months; Babar Azam and Co. to play 17 ODIs, 25 T20Is, 7 Tests

Pakistan Cricket announced the international cricket schedule for the next 12 months for both Men’s and Women’s team on Friday. The Pakistan’s Men’s team are going to have some busy months coming up this year.

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Babar Azam and Co. are scheduled to play as many as 25 T20 internationals, 17 ODIs and 7 Tests in the next 12 months. Talking about the longest format, the Pakistan Cricket Team will be playing two Tests against Sri Lanka, three Tests against England and 2 Tests against New Zealand. All the fixtures will be part of the ICC World Test Championship.

Coming to the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches, Pakistan are scheduled to play three ODIs each against the likes of West Indies, Sri Lanka, Netherlands and New Zealand.

Given the fact that the ICC T20 World Cup and Asia Cup are both scheduled to be held this year, the Men in Green are going to be playing a lot of T20 internationals in the next 12 months. During the months of August and September, Pakistan will be taking part in the ACC Asia Cup, which will be played in T20 format.

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Babar Azam and Co. will then be participating in the ICC T20 World Cup 2022 from 15^th October to 15^th November 2022. Pakistan will play a minimum of five T20 internationals in that competition.

Besides, the Men in Green are slated to play seven T20 internationals against England, three T20Is against West Indies and five against New Zealand.

On the other hand, the Women’s team too have a host of matches to play in the next 12 months. They will feature in three ICC Women’s Championship series matches against Sri Lanka, Ireland (both home) and Australia (away). Besides, the women’s team will also take part in 19^th Asian game in Guazgzhou, ACC Women’s T20 Cup, ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2023 and the ICC Women’s T20 World Cup 2023 in South Africa.

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Here's a look at the complete schedule of Pakistan's Cricket Team for the next 12 months: 

May 24-June 5: Sri Lanka Women in Karachi (3 ODIs and 3 T20Is)

June 5-12: West Indies Men in Rawalpindi (3 ODIs)

Jul-Aug: Pakistan Men to Sri Lanka (2 Tests and 3 ODIs)

Jul 12-24: Pakistan Women to Belfast for tri-series (4T20Is)

Jul 25-Aug 8: Pakistan Women for Birmingham Commonwealth Games (7 T20Is)

Aug: Pakistan Men to Netherlands (three ODIs)

Sept 1-17: Pakistan Men to Sri Lanka for ACC T20 Cup (5 T20Is)

Sep 10-25: Pakistan Women to Gangzhou, China, for 19th Asia Games

Sep-Oct: England Men to Pakistan (7 T20Is)

Oct: ACC Women's T20 Asia Cup (8 T20Is)

Oct 15-Nov 15: ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia, (5 T20Is)

Oct 30-Nov 19: Ireland Women to Lahore/Karachi (3 ODIs and 3 T20Is)

Nov-Dec: England Men to Pakistan (3 Tests)

Dec-Jan: New Zealand Men to Pakistan (2 Tests and 3 ODIs)

Jan 4-Feb 1: Pakistan Women to Australia (3 ODIs and 3 T20Is)

Jan: West Indies Men to Pakistan (3 T20Is)

Jan-Feb: ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup, South Africa

Feb 2-26: ICC Women's T20 World Cup, South Africa

Apr-May: New Zealand Men to Pakistan (5 ODIs and 5 T20Is)