PCB requests New Zealand to play two extra T20Is throughout tour of Pakistan

The Pakistan Cricket Board has requested New Zealand Cricket to play two extra T20I matches when its group excursions the nation later this yr earlier than the World T20 Cup in UAE.
According to particulars, the New Zealand group is scheduled to play three One-Day Internationals and as many T20 matches in September-October in the course of the tour, which will likely be its first to Pakistan since 2002.
“Yes negotiations are being held with Cricket New Zealand to play two additional T20 matches because of the World T20 Cup but nothing is finalized as yet,” a supply stated.
The PCB is gearing as much as host a variety of prime groups within the 2021/22 season with New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia lined up.
West Indies are due tentatively in December and Australia in Feb/March 2022.
The excursions have additionally left the PCB ready from the place it might need to postpone the Pakistan Super League to April-May as an alternative of its common window of February 20 to March 23.
England can even be touring Pakistan for the primary time since 2005/06 for a brief T20 collection in October earlier than the World Cup adopted by West Indies and Australia.
Australia, which will likely be sending a reconnaissance delegation to Pakistan in September to examine preparations for his or her tour, have additionally not performed in Pakistan since 1998.
Between 2010 and 2018, no top-ranked Test facet visited Pakistan as a result of safety considerations following the terrorist assault on the Sri Lankan group bus in Lahore in March, 2009.