Pakistan to host Australia in England in 2010

October 7th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - India have been clubbed with South Africa and England among seven countries in Group B for the 2011 cricket World Cup. West Indies, Bangladesh, Ireland and Netherlands are the other teams in the group, it was announced by International Cricket Council (ICC) here Wednesday.

September 30th, 2009 JOHANNESBURG - England off-spinner Graeme Swann is dreaming of facing Australia in the final of the Champions Trophy. Victories over Group B favourites South Africa and Sri Lanka made last night's loss to New Zealand academic.

September 25th, 2009 LONDON - The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has released the itinerary for Pakistan's 'home' series against Australia which is to be played in England in 2010. The ECB has also announced the dates of the home Test and one-day series which the English team is scheduled to play against Bangladesh, Australia and Pakistan next year.

September 24th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan will play their 2010 two-Test home series against Australia in England in the summer. The series was to be played in Pakistan, but security concerns forced the matches to be moved to England.

September 14th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced Monday that it has struck a deal to host its one-day series against New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates(UAE) next month. Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, said Pakistan will play four One-day Internationals (ODI) against the Black Caps in Abu Dhabi and two Twenty20 games in Dubai.

September 11th, 2009 LONDON - Pakistan will take on Australia in a two-Test series in England in 2010. The matches will be played at Headingley and Lord's.

September 10th, 2009 KARACHI - The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is hoping that the meeting between its chairman Ijaz Butt and England Cricket Board (ECB) chief Giles Clarke would yield some positive results for Pakistan cricket. The PCB expects the meeting, which is scheduled to be held later this week, to be fruitful with regard to resumption of international cricket in Pakistan.

September 7th, 2009 WELLINGTON - New Zealand will play six Tests, eight one-day internationals and five Twenty-Twenty matches during a busy 2009/2010 domestic international season. The New Zealand international season will begin with a three-test series against Pakistan in November and December followed by one against Bangladesh on their brief tour in February.

August 29th, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan might host New Zealand in a one-day international series in United States or Malaysia if the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) fails to convince the UAE cricket authorities regarding hosting the matches in that country. "These are available options for us although our first preference is to have the series in Abu Dhabi and Dubai," a PCB official said.

August 28th, 2009 LAHORE/LONDON - Pakistan will play a 'home' Test series against Australia in England next year. It will also play a series against England.

July 5th, 2009 DUBAI - 2007 champions India, South Africa and a qualifier have been clubbed together in Group C for the third edition of the World Twenty20 to be played in the West Indies next year, it was announced by the International Cricket Council (ICC here Sunday. Defending champions Pakistan, Australia and Bangladesh are in Group A in the tournament that will start from April 30.

June 24th, 2009 COLOMBO - While the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is persuading the International Cricket Council (ICC) to overturn its decision of not allowing any World Cup matches in Pakistan, the Sri Lankan Cricket Committee (SLCC) has said that the other three host nations also want that Pakistan should not get any World Cup games. The SLCC chairman, Somachandra de Silva said that the other three host nations, India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh also agree with the ICC's decision to not host any of the 2011 World Cup matches in Pakistan, as conditions there are not conducive for hosting international events.

June 18th, 2009 NOTTINGHAM - Pakistan could host Australia for a 'home' Test match in Edgbaston next summer, as the Warwickshire County Cricket Club has shown much interest in staging one of the Test matches of the relocated Test series. According to the sources, Edgbaston has emerged as the second possible venue after Old Trafford for Pakistan's 'home' Test series against Australia, and there is a big possibility that both the countries would play each other there if the two cricket board's confirms their plans to play the series in England.

June 14th, 2009 LONDON - Lancashire have confirmed that they are willing to stage Pakistan's "home" Test matches next summer. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) post terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March, coupled with ongoing instability in Pakistan, has been looking for alternative venues for its 2010 series.

May 27th, 2009 MELBOURNE - Australia will play six Tests, 10 one-day internationals and three Twenty20s against the West Indies and Pakistan in 2009-2010. According to the Herald Sun, the summer will open with three Test matches against the West Indies, followed by three against Pakistan, the first in Australia since 2004-05.