The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced that it will host a one-day international tri-series with New Zealand and South Africa in February 2025 following a gap of more than 20 years.
According to a statement issued by the PCB, this development was revealed in the meeting of Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board Mohsin Naqvi with the counterparts of New Zealand and South Africa Cricket Board Roger Toews and Lawson Naidu in Dubai.
“The agenda of the meeting included the ODI tri-series between Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa, which will be held just before the ICC Champions Trophy in Pakistan in February 2025,” the statement said.
PCB last hosted a tri-series in October 2004 with Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.
“The tri-series has been finalized and welcomed by the host and both member boards,” the statement said.
Chairman PCB also invited Roger Toews and Lawson Naidu to visit Pakistan.
Mohsin Naqvi said the tri-series would be an ‘exciting event’ and thanked the New Zealand and South African cricket chiefs for agreeing to participate.
He said that ‘PCB is also looking forward to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 and it will be a great pleasure for Pakistan to host 8 top ODI teams on its soil.’
It should be noted that the New Zealand team will visit Pakistan next month for a series of 5 T20 matches.
According to the schedule, the New Zealand team will visit Pakistan from April 14, in which they will play 5 T20 International matches.
The first 3 matches of the series will be played on April 18, April 20 and April 21 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, following which the remaining 2 T20 International matches of the series will be played on April 25 and 27 in Lahore.
All 5 matches of the T20 series will start at 7 pm, PCB says that ticket prices for the series will be set at affordable rates so that fans can watch their favorite players in action.
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2024-04-28 08:56:18
