Rawalpindi: The seven-match One-Day International tri-nation series will begin from Sunday, 18 October at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium with the toss in all matches set to take place at 12.30pm PKT. England will then play their first match at the same venue on 20 October against hosts, while they will face Sri Lanka on 22 October.
The action will move to Lahore for the last four matches including the 31 October final between the two best teams. Pakistan will be led by Shaheen Shah Afridi, who has so far captained the nation in 11 ODIs winning seven, while Harry Brook will be in-charge of England and Kusal Mendis will be leading Sri Lanka.
The ODI tri-series will be fourth such series featuring on Pakistan soil after it first hosted Australia and South in 1994, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in 2004 and New Zealand and South Africa in 2025.
Pakistan’s ODI squad assembled in Islamabad on Wednesday, 14 October and trained for the three days leading up to the series opener, while Sri Lanka’s ODI players arrived in the capital on 12 October and the team trained for the first time on 14 October.
England arrived on 16 October and will have the chance to fine tune their preparations through three training sessions before their first game.
