ISLAMABAD:The New Zealand cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Saturday for the first time in 18 years to play three One-day Internationals (ODIs) and five Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is) against Pakistan’s national team.
The Black Caps landed at Islamabad airport and proceeded to a hotel where they will undergo a three-day mandatory isolation period.
They will attend a two-day practice session on September 15 at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) spokesman said.
The historic tour of New Zealand to Pakistan will commence with the three ODIs at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, after which the two teams will play five T20Is at Pakistan’s home of Cricket, Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium. The three ODIs will be played on 17, 19 and 21 September, while the T20Is will be played from 25 September to 3 October.
Meanwhile, the PCB and New Zealand Cricket have mutually agreed to change the status of next week’s ODI series to a bilateral series from the ICC Cricket World Cup Super League fixtures due to the non-availability of Decision Review System (DRS), a requirement in the event playing conditions.
As New Zealand will return to Pakistan in the 2022-23 season to play two Tests and three ODIs, the two boards have agreed that these 50-over matches will now count towards the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 qualification.
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