Cricket Australia (CA) has despatched a group to Pakistan to complete plans for Australia’s T20I tour there before the T20 World Cup, and CA has been assured that the Pakistani players in the BBL will play the entire competition despite a scheduled T20I tour of Sri Lanka in January. Additionally, Mackay and Darwin will host Test matches against Bangladesh during Australia’s winter; the dates will be revealed in January, according to CA chief executive Todd Greenberg.
Pakistan’s BBL players, who included Babar Azam, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Mohammad Rizwan, Shadab Khan, Haris Rauf, and Hasan Ali, have raised concerns that they would be pulled to play in a short T20I series in Sri Lanka in early January, as the PCB recently stated.
On the morning of the third Ashes Test at Adelaide Oval, however, Greenberg spoke extensively with a group of reporters and expressed his confidence that the players will stay in the BBL. “We’ve been told that if they’ve been signed by the BBL, they’ll play [the whole BBL],” Greenberg stated.
Although Greenberg stated that the Australian Cricketers’ Association and CA would be sending representatives to Pakistan for a pre-tour security inspection, dates for Australia’s T20I trip of the country prior to the T20 World Cup have not yet been revealed.
“We’ve just sent a couple of people to Pakistan to do a pre-tour for the T20I games in February,” he stated.
After [the Ashes] series, we’re going to talk to the players and let them know how that will work with security. However, I went there with them in 2022, and I had a fantastic time.
The FTP’s three-match ODI leg of that tour will be rescheduled for June following the conclusion of the PSL and IPL. In the same month, Bangladesh will host three ODIs and three T20Is.
Test cricket will return to the Top End for the first time since 2004 when Bangladesh visits Australia in August, with Mackay hosting the first Test match.
Until 2031, CA is still dedicated to participating in at least one pink-ball Test annually. Despite some recent doubts about its necessity, Greenberg stated that it will stay in place due to its performance as a broadcast product and as an in-stadium experience for spectators.
“I’ve just reviewed the numbers from the Gabba, the pink-ball Test was unbelievable,” Greenberg stated. In instance, the night session gets twice as many viewers as the previous one we had here today. Without a doubt, it’s a great chance for cricket. It increases the number of viewers and participants.
“We will play a pink-ball test as part of our broadcast agreement through 2031. Thus, it won’t go away. I won’t be playing five of them during the summer, and there won’t be any more of it. However, there are genuine advantages. I’m not expecting everyone to adore it, and I am aware that some people will be critical of it. However, this is how Test cricket has developed.
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