England to face Pakistan in autumn series in UAE
The first test will take place in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Cricket Stadium between October 13-17
London: England's away series against Pakistan in the United Arab Emirates has been finalised. The England and Wales Cricket Board confirmed Thursday that the series will include three tests, four one-day internationals and three Twenty20s in October and November.
The first test will take place in Abu Dhabi's Zayed Cricket Stadium between October 13-17, with the second at the Dubai Cricket Stadium starting five days later and the final test at Sharjah Cricket Club from November 1-5.
Dates for @englandcricket's autumn series with Pakistan, played in the United Arab Emirates: http://t.co/9dr24ohdGl pic.twitter.com/DKvixHSYBu
— ECB (@ECB_cricket) July 23, 2015"We are pleased to have agreed the schedule for this series. Our last tour to UAE saw Pakistan win the Test series while we were victorious in both the ODI and T20 series. We expect this autumn's tour will be equally hard fought," said ECB Chief Executive Officer Tom Harrison.
Pakistan jumped to No 3 in test rankings after defeating Sri Lanka 2-1 in the series last month while it also took an unbeatable 3-1 lead in the five-match ODI series after beating Sri Lanka by seven wickets on Wednesday in Colombo.
While England lost the test series in 2012, it went on to beat Pakistan both in the one-day and Twenty20 series.
"As is evident from its away wins in Sri Lanka, Team Pakistan is upwardly mobile and we hope that it would maintain this trajectory against England across the three formats," chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board Shaharyar Khan said in a statement on Thursday.
Abu Dhabi will organise back to back ODIs on November 11 and 13 while the remaining two ODIs will be played at Sharjah (November 17) and Dubai (November 20).
England will round of its tour with two Twenty20s on November 26 and 27 at Dubai before Sharjah hosts the last T20 on November 30.
Itinerary:
Oct. 13-17: First test at Abu Dhabi
Oct. 22-26: Second test at Dubai
Nov. 1-5: Third test at Sharjah
Nov. 11: First ODI at Abu Dhabi
Nov. 13: Second ODI at Abu Dhabi
Nov. 17: Third ODI at Sharjah
Nov. 20: Fourth ODI at Dubai
Nov. 26: First T20 at Dubai
Nov. 27: Second T20 at Dubai
Nov. 30: Third T20 at Sharjah.