PCB Announces Schedule For Pakistan’s ODI Tour Of The Netherlands

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the schedule for the Pakistan team’s historic tour of the Netherlands where the Men in Green will play three ODIs in August 2022. The matches will be part of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League.

All three matches will be played in Rotterdam from August 16. The matches which were initially scheduled to be played in July 2020 had to be postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. All the three matches – scheduled to be played on August 16, 18, and 21 respectively will be hosted at the VOC Cricket Ground.

The two teams have previously faced each other in three ODIs – in the 1996 and 2003 world cups as well as the 2002 Champions Trophy – with Pakistan winning on all three occasions.

I Am Confident They Will Entertain The Dutch Crowd- PCB’s Zakir Khan On Pakistan’s Tour Of the Netherlands

The thee ODIs will be played on August 16, 18, and 21 respectively, and will be hosted at the VOC Cricket Ground. Speaking on the confirmation of the series, Zakir Khan, Pakistan Cricket Board’s Director of International Cricket, on Wednesday (April 20), said that he was confident that the Pakistani team will entertain the Dutch crowd and ex-pat Pakistanis living in the Netherlands.

“We are pleased that with the support of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB), we have been able to reschedule the series, which is important to the growth and development of cricket in Netherlands as well as to the two teams’ chances of progressing directly to the 2023 World Cup.

Our men’s national cricket team had an excellent 2021-22 season and I am confident they will build on the momentum to entertain expat Pakistanis and the Dutch spectators with good cricket. This series will also help KNCB attract new and young audiences towards the game,” he said.

Currently, Pakistan is placed ninth on the ICC table with six wins and as many losses in 12 matches. Meanwhile, the Netherlands find themselves at the bottom table with only two wins in 10 matches.

Series schedule:

Rotterdam to host inaugural Netherlands-Pakistan ODI series

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— PCB Media (@TheRealPCBMedia) April 20, 2022

16 Aug – 1^st ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam

18 Aug – 2^nd ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam

21 Aug – 3^rd ODI; VOC Cricket Ground, Rotterdam

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