Enthusiasts are going to see return of cricket to the their TV screens as Pakistan cricket team is touring New Zealand for 3 Twenty20 Internationals and 2 tests match series. The series was first put into suspicion as some members of Pakistan cricket team tested positive for Corona virus.
However, on December 7th, it was announced by New Zealand’s health ministry that all members’ tests have came out negative meaning it was a green signal and the series would go on as planned.
Series Schedule
The schedule for the T20I series is as followed:
1st T20I – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Date: 18th December 2020
Time: 11 am PKT
Venue: Eden Park, Auckland
2nd T20I – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Date: 20th December 2020
Time: 11 am PKT
Venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton
3rd T20I – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Date: 22nd December 2020
Time: 11 am PKT
Venue: McLean Park, Napier
The schedule for Test series is as followed:
1st Test – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Date: 26th December 2020
Time: 3 am PKT
Venue: Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui
2nd Test – Pakistan vs New Zealand
Date: 3rd January 2021
Time: 3 am PKT
Venue: Hagley Oval, Christchurch
Squads
On December 06, Pakistan announced their 18 men squad for the Twenty20 Internationals against New Zealand.
- Babar Azam (captain)
- Shadab Khan (vice captain)
- Abdullah Shafique
- Faheem Ashraf
- Haider Ali
- Haris Rauf
- Hussain Talat
- Iftikhar Ahmed
- Imad Waseem
- Khushdil Shah
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Mohammad Hasnain
- Mohammad Rizwan
- Musa Khan
- Sarfraz Ahmed
- Shaheen Shah
- Usman Qadir
- Wahab Riaz
In addition, they also announced their 16 men squad for Shaheens against New Zealand A for four day match.
- Rohail Nazir (captain)
- Abid Ali
- Amad Butt
- Azhar Ali
- Danish Aziz
- Fawad Alam
- Haris Sohail
- Imam ul-Haq
- Imran Butt
- Mohammad Abbas
- Naseem Shah
- Shan Masood
- Sohail Khan
- Yasir Shah
- Zafar Gohar
- Zeeshan Malik
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