The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is extremely pleased that Australia has announced a full-strength squad for the upcoming series, amidst fears that a few top players may skip the tour to the country. PCB's chief operating officer Faisal Hasnain said the announcement assures them that the series would take place as scheduled. "It is indeed good news for Pakistan cricket and fans that they have announced a full-strength squad as they were afraid some of their players might skip the tour," Hasnain said.
Australia will play three tests, three ODI, and one-off Twenty20 in Pakistan between March 4 and April 5.
He also expressed confidence that once Australia completes its tour it would open the doors for full international cricket to return to Pakistan including Test series against big teams and ICC and ACC events as well.
"This should be a big series as Australia have won the World T20 Cup and the Ashes convincingly and Pakistani players featured prominently in the ICC awards and teams last year," he said.
He said every effort would be made to make the tour a success and added that PCB was constantly in touch with the government and also Cricket Australia.
Australia last toured Pakistan in 1998 under the captaincy of Mark Taylor and have since then played Pakistan's home series only at neutral venues including tests at Lords, Headingley, Colombo, Sharjah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, etc.
Pakistan vs Australia Schedule 2022 has been officially announced. It is a bilateral series arranged by Cricket Australia and PCB under ICC FTP during March and April of 2023. Both teams Pakistan and Australia play a 3-match Test series and 3-match ODI series and a single T20 match during the tour. The Australia tour of Pakistan begins on Thursday, March 3 with the first Test in Karachi. The other two Test matches will be held on March 12 and March 21 respectively. Pakistan vs Australia cricket series also includes three ODI matches to be played on March 29, 31, and April 2 in Lahore. Here’s the complete schedule of Pakistan vs Australia tour in 2023.
Pakistan Squad against Australia:
Pakistan is set to announce three different squads for each of the formats ahead of the tour in March. We will update you about the T20, ODI, and Test squads which will be led by Babar Azam as a captain.
Australia Squad against Pakistan:
Australia has announced an 18-member squad for the Pakistan tour as listed below. The team is set to arrive on February 27 in Islamabad and will travel to Rawalpindi for their 1st Test match on March 4.
Australia Squad against Pakistan: Pat Cummins (c), Ashton Agar, Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Cameron Green, Marcus Harris, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitchell Marsh, Michael Neser, Steven Smith (VC), Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Swepson, David Warner
Revised schedule:
27 Feb – Arrival in Islamabad
4-8 Mar – 1st Test, Rawalpindi
12-16 Mar – 2nd Test, Karachi
21-25 Mar – 3rd Test, Lahore
29 Mar – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi
31 Mar – 2nd ODI, Rawalpindi
2 April – 3rd ODI, Rawalpindi
5 Apr – one-off T20I, Rawalpindi
6 Apr – Departure
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