PESHAWAR
\n The Pakistan Cricket Board Tuesday announced its men\u2019s side will play 10 additional T20Is against New Zealand in the 2023-24 season as part of its strategic decision to provide best preparation opportunities for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2024.
\nFollowing three ICC World Test Championship matches in Australia from Dec 14 to Jan 7, Pakistan will travel to New Zealand for five T20Is, which will kick-start their T20 World Cup preparations. These matches will be held from January 12-21, 2024.
\nThe schedule is:
\n12 Jan \u2013 1st T20I, Auckland
\n14 Jan \u2013 2nd T20I, Hamilton
\n17 Jan \u2013 3rd T20I, Dunedin
\n19 Jan \u2013 4th T20I, Christchurch
\n21 Jan \u2013 5th T20I, Christchurch
\nIn turn, New Zealand will make a return visit to Pakistan in April 2024 for five T20Is to fill the vacant window. Details of the series will be released closer to time.
\nThe additional series will mean in the lead up to the T20 World Cup, to be co-hosted by the West Indies and the USA in June 2024, Pakistan will play 19 T20Is (10 vs New Zealand, three vs the Netherlands, two vs Ireland and four vs England). In addition to the 19 international matches, the PCB will also host its own cut-throat HBL Pakistan Super League 2024 in February\/March 2024.
\nTo schedule the additional T20Is, the Pakistan Cricket Board, in consultation with Cricket West Indies and New Zealand Cricket, has made slight changes to its Future Tours Program 2023-2025.
\nThe two ICC World Test Championship fixtures against the West Indies, originally planned in Pakistan in February 2024, will now be held in January 2025. Likewise, Pakistan\u2019s tour to New Zealand for three ODIs and five T20Is, originally scheduled in January 2025, will now take place in April 2025.
\nPakistan and New Zealand recently played a highly-competitive and entertaining five-match T20I series in April\/May in Lahore and Rawalpindi, which ended in a two-all draw. Prior to the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia, Pakistan had featured and won the T20I series in Christchurch with Bangladesh as the third side.
\nNew Zealand and Pakistan are ranked third and fourth, respectively in the ICC T20I Team Rankings with just two points separating them.
\nICC Women\u2019s Championship 2022-25
\nMeanwhile, Pakistan women\u2019s cricket team\u2019s schedule of matches in New Zealand have also been confirmed.
\nThe side will play three T20Is in Dunedin and Queenstown from December 3-9, before taking on New Zealand in three ICC Women\u2019s Championship 2022-25 ODIs from December 12-18 in Queenstown and Christchurch.
\nThe schedule is:
\n3 Dec \u2013 1st T20I, Dunedin
\n5 Dec \u2013 2nd T20I, Dunedin
\n9 Dec \u2013 3rd T20I, Queenstown
\n12 Dec \u2013 1st ODI, Queenstown (ICC Women\u2019s Championship)
\n15 Dec \u2013 2nd ODI, Christchurch (ICC Women\u2019s Championship)
\n18 Dec \u2013 3rd ODI, Christchurch (ICC Women\u2019s Championship)
\nThe ICC Women\u2019s Championship series against New Zealand will be Pakistan\u2019s third of the year following their home series against South Africa in Karachi from 1-14 September and October\u2019s away series against Bangladesh. Their last two series in the ICC Women\u2019s Championship will be against the West Indies (home, April 2024) and England (away, May 2024).
\nPakistan has to date played three series, defeating Sri Lanka (2-1) and Ireland (3-0), and losing (3-0) to Australia. Both Pakistan and New Zealand have played three series of nine ODIs each and have 10 points apiece. Pakistan men\u2019s revised Future Tours Program 2023-2025 (all Tests count towards the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025)
\n2023-24
\nJuly \u2013 Pakistan to Sri Lanka (two Tests) (ongoing)
\nAugust \u2013 Pakistan to Afghanistan (three ODIs)
\nSeptember \u2013 ACC 50-over Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
\nOct\/Nov \u2013 ICC Men\u2019s Cricket World Cup India 2023
\nDec\/Jan \u2013 Pakistan to Australia (three Tests)
\nJanuary \u2013 Pakistan to New Zealand (5T20Is)
\nApril \u2013 New Zealand to Pakistan (5 T20Is)
\nMay \u2013 Pakistan to the Netherlands (three T20Is), Ireland (two T20Is) and England (four T20Is)
\nJune \u2013 ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup USA\/West Indies 2024
\n2024-25
\nAugust \u2013 Bangladesh in Pakistan (two Tests)
\nOctober \u2013 England in Pakistan (three Tests)
\nNovember \u2013 Pakistan to Australia (three ODIs and three T20Is)
\nNov\/Dec \u2013 Pakistan to Zimbabwe (three ODIs and three T20Is)
\nDec\/Jan \u2013 Pakistan to South Africa (two Tests, three ODIs, three T20Is)
\nJanuary \u2013 West Indies in Pakistan (two Tests)
\nFebruary \u2013 New Zealand and South Africa in Pakistan (ODI tri-series)
\nFebruary\/March \u2013 ICC Champions Trophy Pakistan 2025
\nApril \u2013 Pakistan to New Zealand (three ODIs and five T20Is)
\nMay \u2013 Bangladesh in Pakistan (three ODIs and three T20Is)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PESHAWAR The Pakistan Cricket Board Tuesday announced its men\u2019s side will play 10 additional T20Is against New Zealand in the 2023-24 season as part of its strategic decision to provide best preparation opportunities for the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup 2024. Following three ICC World Test Championship matches in Australia from Dec 14 to Jan […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":344036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-344027","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n