ISLAMABAD: The Australian cricket team arrived in the Pakistani city of Lahore on Wednesday ahead of a three-match men’s Twenty20 International series against the host nation, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said.
The first T20I will be played on Jan. 29, followed by the second on Jan. 31, with the final match scheduled for Feb. 1. All matches will start at 6 p.m. local time and be played at Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium.
The series is expected to provide crucial game time for both teams ahead of the International Cricket Council (ICC) Men’s T20 World Cup 2026, where the sides have been drawn in separate groups.
“Australia team arrives in Lahore for the three-match T20I series against Pakistan,” the PCB said in a video post on X.
Australia is resting five top players including Pat Cummins, Glenn Maxwel, Josh Hazlewood, Tim David and Nathan Ellis, who are being replaced by Sean Abbott, Mahli Beardman, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Mitch Owen, Josh Phillippe and Matt Renshaw.
The upcoming series will mark Australia’s third tour of Pakistan since 2022, when the two sides played a three-match Test and One Day International (ODI) series, followed by a lone T20I that Australia won.
Australia also played three matches of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Pakistan.
Pakistan last featured in a three-match T20I away series in Sri Lanka, which ended in a 1–1 draw after the second match was washed out by rain.
Pakistan squad: Salman Ali Agha (capt), Abrar Ahmed, Babar Azam, Faheem Ashraf, Fakhar Zaman, Khawaja Mohammad Nafay (wk), Mohammad Nawaz, Mohammad Salman Mirza, Mohammad Wasim Jr., Naseem Shah, Sahibzada Farhan (wk), Saim Ayub, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Shadab Khan, Usman Khan (wk) and Usman Tariq
Australia squad: Mitchell Marsh (capt), Sean Abbott, Xavier Bartlett, Mahli Beardman, Cooper Connolly, Ben Dwarshuis, Jack Edwards, Cameron Green, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Matthew Kuhnemann, Mitch Owen, Josh Philippe, Matthew Renshaw, Matthew Short, Marcus Stoinis, Adam Zampa
