Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today announced the schedule of their Aprilseries against South Africa during which they will play three ICC Men’sCricket World Cup Super League matches. In addition to the three ODIs,which will count towards automatic qualification for the ICC Men’s CricketWorld Cup 2023, Pakistan will also play four T20Is.——————————
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The Pakistan men’s national cricket team will depart for Johannesburg on 26March and will play the three Super League matches on 2, 4, and 7 April.Centurion will stage the first and third ODIs, while the second match willbe played in Johannesburg.
Following the 50-over matches, Pakistan and South Africa will feature infour T20Is. Originally, three T20Is were scheduled, but on the request ofCricket South Africa, the PCB has agreed to play an additional match in theshortest format.
Johannesburg will host the opening two matches on 10 and 12 April, whilePretoria will be the venue for the third and fourth T20Is.
This will be Pakistan’s second series in the ICC Men’s Cricket World CupSuper League. After defeating Zimbabwe 2-1 in November 2020, Pakistan issitting fifth on the table. In contrast, this will be South Africa’s firstouting in the league. In the 13-side league, each side has to play eightseries over a two-year period, including four at home and four away.——————————
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The tour to South Africa was originally planned for October 2020 but waspostponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It has now been rescheduled forApril, prior to Pakistan’s two Test and three T20I tour to Zimbabwe, whichwill commence on 17 April.
Tour schedule*Date* *Match* *Venue*2 April 1st ODI SuperSport Park, Pretoria4 April 2nd ODI Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg7 April 3rd ODI SuperSport Park, Pretoria10 April 1st T20I Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg12 April 2nd T2oI Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg14 April 3rd T20I SuperSport Park, Pretoria16 April 4th T20I SuperSport Park, Pretoria
