ABU DHABI
The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday revealed its Future Tour Program (FTP) for 2023-27 cricketing cycle, it emerged.
The FTP includes a total of 777 international matches – 173 Tests, 281 ODIs and 323 T20Is – which will be a part of ICC events as well as bilateral and tri-nation series.
The upcoming cycle for the 12 member nations will have a rise in the number of matches from 694 played in the latest cycle.
Pakistan will play 27 Tests, 47 ODIs and 56 T20Is in the four-year period, hosting Australia, Afghanistan, Ireland and Zimbabwe, apart from the 2023 Asia Cup and a tri-nation series, including South Africa and New Zealand – the first to be hosted by PCB since 2004-05.
India and Pakistan, as per the FTP, will continue to not play each other in bilateral fixtures, even as Pakistan are set to go up against 10 out of the 12 member nations in the upcoming FTP cycle.
