Australia to tour Pakistan for 3 ODIs in May

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced Thursday that Australia's men's cricket team will tour Pakistan for a three-match One-Day International series later this month, marking the visitors' first bilateral ODI assignment in the country since March-April 2022.

Australia is scheduled to arrive in Islamabad on May 23. The series opens with the first ODI at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on May 30, followed by the second and third matches at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on June 2 and June 4. All games will start at 4:30 p.m. local time, with tosses at 4:00 p.m., an adjustment attributed to hot weather conditions.

The tour follows Australia's visit earlier this year for a three-match Twenty20 series in Lahore, which Pakistan swept 3-0. Australia also competed in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan, securing a five-wicket victory over England at Gaddafi Stadium on February 22. In their last ODI series in Pakistan in 2022, the hosts prevailed 2-1.

The timing coincides with the playoff stage of the Indian Premier League, whose final is set for May 31 in Ahmedabad. Several key Australian players, including Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc, and Travis Head, are committed to IPL...