Sri Lanka set to embark on historic tour of Pakistan

Sri Lanka Women’s tour of Pakistan 2022

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The Sri Lanka Women’s Cricket team is set to tour Pakistan for 3 ODIs and 3 T20Is in May-June as per the cricket calendar released by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) yesterday (28th March).

It will be a historic event for Pakistan as they are set to stage the ICC Women’s Championship fixtures in their home country for the first time.

As per the schedule, the ODI and T20I series between the sides will be played from 18th May to 07th June at Rawalpindi International Cricket Stadium. The ODI leg of the tour will be part of ICC Women’s Championship.

The tour was scheduled to be played last year but was pushed back to this year due to the changes in the PCB administration.

Apart from a historic occasion, the upcoming series will be very vital for both teams in terms of their preparation for the Commonwealth Games in Birmingham (July/August) and Asian Games in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China (September).

Since 1998, Sri Lanka and Pakistan have met each other in bilateral series on a number of occasions but this will be the first time that a Sri Lanka Women’s team will tour Pakistan for a bilateral series.