Islamabad
\nThe Pakistan cricket team is set to visit Australia for a white-ball series scheduled for November this year as Cricket Australia (CA) on Tuesday released its international schedule for the 2024-25 season.
\nIn a press release, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said that the tour \u2014 which will mark the start of Australia\u2019s white-ball schedule for the summer of 2024-25 \u2014 would comprise six games in total.
\nIt said that three one-day internationals (ODIs) and as many T20Is will be played across six venues from November 4 to 18.
\n\u201cPakistan will be returning to Australia after a gap of almost one year, after having competed in the Benaud-Qadir Trophy which comprised three Test matches played across Perth, Sydney and Melbourne in December 2023-January 2024,\u201d the PCB said.
\nThe cricket board further said that the ODI series would begin on November 4 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground before moving to Adelaide and Perth on November 8 and 10, respectively.
\nPakistan last played an ODI series on Australian soil back in 2016, which saw the home side come out on top, the PCB said.
\nSubsequently, Pakistan and Australia will face each face-off in the three T20Is. Pakistan\u2019s last T20I outing on Australian soil was back in 2022, wherein the men in green appeared in the final of the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup.
\n\u201cThe series will start at The Gabba in Brisbane. Action will then move to the Sydney Cricket Ground; Pakistan\u2019s last T20I at the venue saw them beat New Zealand at the ICC Men\u2019s T20 World Cup semi-final. Hobart will be the last stop on the tour, where the final T20I will be played on November 18,\u201d the PCB said.<\/p>\n
Australia-India Test series
\nMeanwhile, CA also announced that Perth will host the first match of a blockbuster five-Test series against India from November 22.
\nThe series will then move to Adelaide for a day-night Test and then Brisbane\u2019s Gabba, which traditionally was the opening venue of Australia\u2019s Test summer.
\nThe Melbourne Cricket Ground will stage the Boxing Day Test and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series will wrap up at Sydney Cricket Ground starting on January 3.
\nCA chief executive Nick Hockley called it \u201cone of the most highly anticipated summers of cricket in memory\u201d.
\n\u201cFittingly, the Border-Gavaskar Trophy has been put on the same footing as the (men\u2019s) Ashes with a five-Test series for the first time since 1991-92,\u201d he said.
\nAustralia have not beaten India in a home series since 2014-2015.
\nThe hosts have, however, won all four previous Tests at Perth Stadium.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re confident the schedule will maximise viewership and attendance and there will be a tremendous atmosphere in stadiums across the country,\u201d said Hockley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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