- Pakistan to play three ODIs against the Netherlands on 4, 7 and 9 July
- Ireland to host Pakistan for two T20Is on 12 and 14 July
The Netherlands and Ireland will host Pakistan for three ODIs and two T20Is, respectively, in the lead up to their tour of England in 2020.
The VRA Cricket Club in Amstelveen will host the three ODIs on 4, 7 and 9 July, while the two T20Is in Ireland will be played on 12 and 14 July.
Pakistan will then travel to England where they will play three World Test Championship Tests, from 30 July to 20 August before taking on the 50-over world champions in three T20Is on 29 and 31 August and 2 September.
The series between the Netherlands and Pakistan will be the first-ever between the two sides, though they have previously met thrice in ICC events.
In the ICC Cricket World Cup 1996 and 2003, Pakistan won by eight wickets and 97 runs in Lahore and Paarl, respectively, while in Colombo in the ICC Champions Trophy 2002, Pakistan won by nine wickets.
The Netherlands have qualified for the league by virtue of winning the ICC World Cricket League Championship. The ODI league will be a direct qualification pathway towards the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 and will also be contested by the 12 Test-playing countries. In the first edition of the league, each side will play four home and four away series each comprising of three ODIs moving to all teams playing each other from the second cycle onwards.
The two T20Is between Ireland and Pakistan will be the first instance of the two teams playing each other in the shorter format in Ireland. Pakistan, to date, has played six ODIs and a Test – Ireland’s first appearance in the format – in Ireland.
Ireland and Pakistan have previously featured in just one T20I, with Pakistan winning the Oval fixture by 39 runs on way to lifting the ICC T20 World Cup in England in 2009.
Fixtures
- 4 July – 1st ODI v Netherlands, VRA Cricket Club, Amstelveen
- 7 July – 2nd ODI v Netherlands, VRA Cricket Club, Amstelveen
- 9 July – 3rd ODI v Netherlands, VRA Cricket Club, Amstelveen
- 12 July – 1st T20I v Ireland, Venue TBA
- 14 July – 2nd T20I v Ireland, Venue TBA
