adminKARACHI. — Pakistan yesterday confirmed they would make a short tour of South Africa later this month, playing three one-dayers and two Twenty 20 cricket matches. “The series was arranged following the shortened tour by India to South Africa,” the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said in a statement.
The Pakistan team is expected to arrive in South Africa on November 18 and open the tour with the Twenty20 matches, in Johannesburg on November 20 and in Cape Town on November 22.
The one-day matches will be played in Cape Town (November 24), Port Elizabeth (November 27) and Centurion (November 30). Both teams are currently playing a five-match one-day series in the United Arab Emirates, with the third match in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday.
The series is tied at 1-1 after South Africa won the first match in Sharjah by one run while Pakistan won the second match by 66 runs in Dubai. The preceding two-Test series was drawn 1-1. Cricket South Africa chief executive Haroon Lorgat said the upcoming tour was “fantastic news” for the Proteas and their fans. — AFP.
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