The Pakistan Cricket Board has prioritized T20 cricket for the national team ahead of the upcoming T20 World Cup by scheduling additional encounters in the format prior to the tournament in the West Indies and the United States. As a consequence, Pakistan will now play additional Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand at home, delaying the West Indies series.
As part of the new WTC cycle, the West Indies were originally scheduled to tour Pakistan in February 2019 to play two Tests. This has now been postponed until January 2025. After their tour of Australia later this year, Pakistan will now travel to New Zealand to play five Twenty20 Internationals commencing on January 12. In April 2024, New Zealand will return to Pakistan to play five T20Is as part of the lead-up to the T20 World Cup.
PCB has now verified that Pakistan will play a total of 19 T20 Internationals prior to the World Cup. The Asian team will also play three matches against the Netherlands, two against Ireland, and four against the current world champions, England. Pakistan’s original tour of New Zealand in January 2025 to play three ODIs and five T20Is has been moved to April 2025 due to these changes.
Pakistan men’s revised FTP 2023-2025(all Tests are part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-2025)
2023-24
July – Pakistan to Sri Lanka (two Tests) (ongoing)
August – Pakistan to Afghanistan (three ODIs)
September – ACC 50-over Asia Cup in Pakistan and Sri Lanka
October/November – ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup India 2023
December/January – Pakistan to Australia (three Tests)
January – Pakistan to New Zealand (5T20Is)
April – New Zealand to Pakistan (5 T20Is)
May – Pakistan to the Netherlands (three T20Is), Ireland (two T20Is) and England (four T20Is)
June – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup USA/West Indies 2024
2024-25
August – Bangladesh in Pakistan (two Tests)
October – England in Pakistan (three Tests)
November – Pakistan to Australia (three ODIs and three T20Is)
November/December – Pakistan to Zimbabwe (three ODIs and three T20Is)
December/January – Pakistan to South Africa (two Tests, three ODIs, three T20Is)
January – West Indies in Pakistan (two Tests)
February – New Zealand and South Africa in Pakistan (ODI tri-series)
February/March – ICC Champions Trophy Pakistan 2025
April – Pakistan to New Zealand (three ODIs and five T20Is)
May – Bangladesh in Pakistan (three ODIs and three T20Is)
