*LONDON – The four-day tour match between Pakistan and Northamptonshirewill be played at Northampton on Friday.*

Pakistan’s previous tour game against Kent ended in a draw due to cloudyweather.

The visitors last played a match against Northamptonshire back in 2006 andwon the fixture by seven wickets.

The green shirts are playing tour matches before their Test matches againstIreland and England starting this month.

Pakistan’s one-off Test match against Ireland will be played at Dublin fromMay 11 to May 15.

The two-match Test series against England will kick off as the first matchwill be played at Lord’s from May 24 to May 28. The second fixture willtake place at Leeds from June 1 to June 5.