The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced early morning today that New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice in 2022-23 to make up for the tour it abandoned in September this year, just before the first match was scheduled to begin. New Zealand will then tour again in April 2023 when they will play 10 white-ball matches five ODIs and five Twenty20 Internationals that will count towards the teams’ ICC rankings. The two Tests and three ODIs will be part of the ICC World Test Championship and ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League, respectively, while the second visit will include two additional ODIs and will now comprise five ODIs and five T20Is that will count towards the ICC Rankings.
With details of the tours and matches now confirmed, the two boards will continue to work together to finalize the series dates, which will be announced in due course.
NZC Chief Executive David White said, “it’s good to be going back,” adding that the board had fruitful and constructive conversations with Pakistan cricket authorities in Dubai which had “further strengthened the bond” between NZC and PCB.
PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja thanked the NZC for fulfilling the commitment.
“I am pleased with the outcomes of our discussions and negotiations, and thank Martin Snedden and his board for their understanding and support. This reflects the strong, cordial and historic relations the two boards have and reconfirms Pakistan’s status as an important member of the cricket fraternity.”
