Pakistan to play three Tests, five ODIs and three T20Is on South Africa tour

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South Africa will play three Test matches against Pakistan and two against Sri Lanka during their 2018/19 summer, Cricket South Africa announced on Monday.

South Africa will also host a total of 13 ODIs and nine T20Is against Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.

Pakistan, who will tour South Africa for the first time since 2013/14, will play the prime holiday season Tests in December and January, with Centurion awarded the Test starting on December 26 and Cape Town the traditional New Year Test starting on January 3.

The third Test will be in Johannesburg from January 11. Pakistan will also play five ODIs and three T20Is on the tour.

Sri Lanka will play Tests in Durban and Port Elizabeth in February, to be followed by  five ODIs and three T20Is.

Zimbabwe will play three ODIs and three T20I at some of South Africa's smaller cricket venues. Cricket South Africa acting chief executive Thabang Moroe said that the scheduled 13 ODIs during the season would enable the national team to fine tune their preparations for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.

 

Fixtures:

Zimbabwe in South Africa

ODI series

1^st ODI: September 30 in Kimberley

2^nd ODI: October 3 in Bloemfontein

3^rd ODI: October 6 in Paarl

T20I series

1^st T20I: October 9 in East London

2^nd T20I: October 12 in Potchefstroom

3^rd T20I: October 14 in Benoni

 

Pakistan in South Africa

Tour match: December 19-21 in Benoni

Test series

1^st Test: December 26-30 in Centurion

2^nd Test: January 3-7 in Cape Town

3^rd Test: January 11-15 in Johannesburg

ODI series

1^st ODI: January 19 in Port Elizabeth

2^nd ODI: January 22 in Durban

3^rd ODI: January 25 in Centurion

4^th ODI: January 27 in Johannesburg

5^th ODI: January 30 in Cape Town

T20I series

1^st T20I: February 1 in Cape Town

2^nd T20I: February 3 in Johannesburg

3^rd T20I: February 6 in Centurion

 

Sri Lanka in South Africa

Test series

1^st Test: February 13-17 in Durban

2^nd Test: February 21-25 in Port Elizabeth

Tour match: February 28 in Benoni

ODI series

1^st ODI: March 3 in Johannesburg

2^nd ODI: March 6 in Centurion

3^rd ODI: March 10 in Durban

4^th ODI: March 13 in Port Elizabeth

5^th ODI: March 16 in Cape Town

1^st T20I: March 19 in Cape Town

2^nd T20I: March 22 in Centurion

3^rd T20I: March 24 in Johannesburg