Australia men’s cricket team will tour Pakistan for a three-match ODI series, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced today.
According to PCB press release, Australia will arrive in Islamabad on 23 May and take on the hosts in the first ODI scheduled at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on 30 May.
The second and third ODIs of the series between both sides will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 2 and 4 June, respectively.
All three ODIs are scheduled to begin at 4.30pm local time, with the toss taking place at 4pm.
The upcoming bilateral ODI series will be Australia’s first in Pakistan since March/April 2022. Australia earlier visited Pakistan this year in January/February to feature in a three-match T20I series, which the hosts won 3-0 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
Australia also featured in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 matches in Pakistan, including a five-wicket win against England at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 22 February.
Series schedule (All matches to begin at 4.30pm local time):
23 May – Australia arrive in Islamabad
30 May – 1st ODI, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
2 June – 2nd ODI, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
4 June – 3rd ODI, Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
The last time Australia was in Pakistan was in January this year, where they came to play a three-match T20I series.
Following the Pakistan visit, the Australian team will then make a trip to Bangladesh to play another white-ball series, the first ODI of which should be played there on June 9.
Pakistan, in the meantime, is also planning to pay a brief visit to Bangladesh. It is tentatively planned that the team will play a two-match series between May 8 and 20.
The Pakistan series against Bangladesh will be the first international engagement since it hosted South Africa in a two-Test series in October last year.
That series on red-ball ended in a draw of 1-1, and Pakistan has not played any Test cricket since that time.
Pakistan is also likely to visit the West Indies in July and August before the England tour to play two Tests.
Further into the future, Sri Lanka will travel to Pakistan in November of this year to play two matches in a Test series and New Zealand will travel to the country in March 2027 to play another two-match Test series.
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