Pakistan, England ODI series schedule announced

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In May 2027, Pakistan will be heading to England for a series of five One-Day International (ODI) matches.

The series is also being viewed as a vital warm-up ahead of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup later this year.

The series is set to start on May 15 in Southampton with the first ODI match between the two teams.

The second encounter will take place in Manchester on May 19 with the third ODI in Leeds on May 21.

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The fourth game of the series will be played at Chester-le-Street on May 23 before the series finishes on May 26 in Cardiff.

The tour is anticipated to offer both teams some match practice ahead of ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2027, which will be hosted in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia from October 4 to November 21.

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Pakistan is ranked fifth in the ICC Men’s ODI Team Rankings.

The series is likely to have great competition as both sides are preparing for the World Cup.

Pakistan will be completing their current two-match Test series with West Indies before embarking on their ODI assignment next year.

The last ODI tour to England was in 2021. The visitors were beaten in the three-match series but the then captain Babar Azam delivered a sterling batting performance and emerged as the highest run-scorer with 177 runs in three innings.

His fabulous strike of 158 in the third ODI is one of the finest individual displays of Pakistan batters in an ODI ever played in England.

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