Karachi to host NZ for Test matches after 32 years
Tuesday, 11 October 2022
ISLAMABAD (Agencies): New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice in five months to play two Test matches, eight one-day internationals and five Twenty20s, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Monday.
After 32 years, Karachi will host the New Zealand Test match in December. The Karachi Test will be New Zealand's first in the metropolitan city since October 1990 and also the first in Pakistan since the May 2002 Test in Lahore, according to the PCB.
The two Test matches, which will be part of the World Test Championship, will be played at Karachi from December 27-31 and Multan from January 04-08. Karachi will also host the three ODIs from January 11-15 as part of ICC World Cup Super League.
New Zealand will return to Pakistan in April and will play four Twenty20s at Karachi from April 13-19. Lahore will host the fifth T20 and two ODIs from April 23-28 and the remaining three ODIs will be played at Rawalpindi from May 01-07.