Pakistan has on Thursday announced the itinerary of the home series against England in the United Arab Emirates after the Wales and English Cricket Board confirmed the tour. The series of three test and one-day matches will be played early next year. Dubai will host two test matches while a third will be played in Abu Dhabi. Both cities will also host four one-day internationals and three Twenty20 games between the two countries in January and February. The series begins in Dubai with a test match on Jan. 17 and ends on Feb. 27 when Abu Dhabi hosts the third Twenty20 game. Pakistan has not hosted any major international cricket team since gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore in 2009 that killed six police officials and a van driver. Pakistan will also play its Test and ODI series against Sri Lanka in UAE next month. England are due to arrive in Dubai on January 3 for a two-month programme of cricket which will include three Tests, four one-day internationals and three T20 internationals.
schedule
Pakistan v England, UAE, 2012
Jan 3: England arrive in Dubai
Jan 4-6: Practice, Dubai
Jan 7-9: Tour match, venue and opposition TBC
Jan 11-13: Tour match, venue and opposition TBC
Jan 17-21: 1st Test, Dubai
Jan 25-29: 2nd Test, Dubai
Feb 3-7: 3rd Test, Dubai
Feb 10: One-day tour match,
Abu Dhabi, opposition TBC
Feb 13: 1st ODI, Abu Dhabi
Feb 15: 2nd ODI, Abu Dhabi
Feb 18: 3rd ODI, Dubai
Feb 21: 4th ODI, Dubai
Feb 23: 1st T20, Dubai
Feb 25: 2nd T20, Dubai
Feb 27: 3rd T20, Abu Dhabi