Australia tour to Pakistan 2022 Schedule & Fixture

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced the schedule of Australia’s upcoming tour to Pakistan, through the first match slated to get place on 3rd March 2021. Australia will play 3 Tests, 3 ODIs and one T20 International on this tour and The first Test match among Pakistan and Australia will be played in Karachi from 3 to 7 March 2021, the 2nd in Rawalpindi from 12 to 16 March and the third in Lahore from 21 to 25 March 2021.

Australia tour to Pakistan 2022 Schedule & Fixture

Australia last toured Pakistan in 1998/1999 when Mark Taylor led them to a 1-0 series triumph their first since Richie Benaud’s side beaten Fazal Mahmood’s team 2-0 in the 1959-60 series. Confirmation of Australia’s tour comes later than both England and New Zealand abandoned trips to Pakistan this year citing security concerns, counting an alert of a likely attack outside Rawalpindi Stadium.

International teams have mainly refused to tour Pakistan since an attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009 that killed 6 policemen and 2 civilians. As part of the reconnoitring process, Cricket Australia’s allocation will visit Pakistan to meet through PCB officials as well as provincial and federal authorities to discuss and finalise matters relating to team operations, logistics, security and Covid-19 protocols.

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The Tests will get place in Karachi (March 3-7), Rawalpindi (March 12-16) and Lahore (March 21-25), whereas Lahore will be the venue for the 4 white-ball matches to be played from 29 March to 5 April 2021. The Australian men’s cricket team is set to tour Pakistan for the first time in 24 years later than the two nations long-established dates for matches across all 3 formats in March 2022.

Full schedule of Australia’s tour of Pakistan in 2022