Pakistan’s new cycle of the ICC World Test Championship 2025-27 will begin on 12 October, when they host the 2023-25 ICC World Test Champions South Africa for a two Test-match series.
The first Test will be played at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium from 12 to 16 October, which will also be the first five-day match at the stadium since it’s complete renovation earlier this year to host the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The second Test match is scheduled to take place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium from 20 to 24 October. This will be South Africa’s first Test tour to Pakistan since January 2021, when they lost a two-Test match series 2-0 to the hosts.
At the conclusion of the red-ball matches, both sides will feature in three T20Is from 28 October to 1 November, with first T20I taking place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, while the remaining two T20Is will be hosted at the Gaddafi Stadium.
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The series will conclude with three ODIs taking place from 4 to 8 November at the Iqbal Stadium in Faisalabad. This will be the first ODI at the stadium in 17 years, with Pakistan having beaten Bangladesh by seven wickets at the venue on 11 April, 2008.
Tests
- 12-16 October – First Test at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- 20-24 October – Second Test at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
T20Is
- 28 October – First T20I at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
- 31 October – Second T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
- 1 November – Third T20I at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
ODIs
- 4 November – First ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
- 6 November – Second ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
- 8 November – Third ODI at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
