Pakistan announces schedule for Zimbabwe tour

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday announced the schedule for the two Tests and three twenty20 international (T20Is) series against Zimbabwe scheduled to begin in April.

The national cricket team will arrive in Harare on April 17 where the five matches will take place from 21 April to 11 May.

Pakistan and Zimbabwe will first play the three T20Is on April 21, April 23 and April 25, following which the two teams will participate in two red-ball matches. The first Test will begin on April 29 while the second one will commence on May 7.

Pakistan will also become the first men’s international cricket side to play in Zimbabwe in the post-Covid-19 era. “The Pakistan Cricket Board has been at the forefront of the revival of international cricket in the post-Covid-19 world and the tour of Zimbabwe is another step in that direction,” PCB Director – International Cricket Zakir Khan said.

“We have always maintained that cricket and Covid-19 can co-exist in a safe and secure environment, and we continue to demonstrate this to ensure the game develops and flourishes in these difficult and challenging times.”

Zimbabwe tour schedule:

21 April – 1st T20I v Zimbabwe; Harare Sports Club, Harare

23 April – 2nd T20I v Zimbabwe; Harare Sports Club, Harare

25 April – 3rd T20I v Zimbabwe; Harare Sports Club, Harare

29 April-3May – 1st Test v Zimbabwe; Harare Sports Club, Harare

7-11 May – 2nd Test v Zimbabwe; Harare Sports Club, Harare

Pakistan squads:

Test: Babar Azam, Imran Butt, Abid Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Azhar Ali, Fawad Alam, Saud Shakeel, Agha Salman, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Tabish Khan, Hasan Ali, Shahnawaz Dahani, Nauman Ali, Zahid Mehmood, Sajid Khan

T20I: Babar Azam, Shadab Khan, Sharjeel Khan, Mohammad Hafeez, Haider Ali, Danish Aziz, Asif Ali, Mohammad Nawaz, Faheem Ashraf, Mohamamad Wasim Jr, Mohammad Rizwan, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Hasan Ali, Arshad Iqbal, Usman Qadir

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