KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the schedule of Cricket series against Sri Lanka to be played in the neutral territory of the United Arab Emirates.
Since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore two years ago Pakistan have been forced to play on foreign soil.
The series will also see the revival of Test cricket at the Sharjah stadium after 11 years after Pakistan and Australia last played Tests at the desert venue in 2002.
The PCB announcing the itinerary of the series said the matches would be played at Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi as the venues were cost effective.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play three Tests – one each in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah – while three ODIs will go ahead in Dubai and one each in Sharjah and Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi will stage the only Twenty20 match.
Cricket tour Programme
October 15 – Teams arrive in the UAE
October 18-22 – First Test – Abu Dhabi
October 26-30 – Second Test – Dubai
November 3-7 – Third Test – Sharjah
November 11 – First one-day international – Dubai
November 14 – Second one-day international – Dubai
November 18 – Third one-day international – Dubai
November 20 – Fourth one-day international – Sharjah
November 23 – Fifth one-day international – Abu Dhabi
November 25 – Twenty20 match – Abu Dhabi
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