• Black Caps to return to Pakistan

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    New Zealand will tour Pakistan twice from late December, more than a year after abandoning a series there over security concerns.

    Pakistan authorities fumed after New Zealand abruptly withdrew from their first tour of the country in nearly two decades, minutes before the start of the first ODI in Rawalpindi in September last year.

    Monday’s announcement follows visits by Australia and England in recent months, part of Pakistan’s efforts to revive international cricket in the country after it was suspended following terrorist attacks on the Sri Lanka team in 2009.

    England completed their first tour of Pakistan in 17 years earlier this month, playing seven T20Is, and will return in December to play three Tests.

    New Zealand will play two Tests and three ODIs from 27 December to 15 January, before returning for five T20Is and five ODIs in April-May.

    New Zealand tours of Pakistan:

    27-31 Dec: 1st Test, Karachi
    4-8 Jan: 2nd Test, Multan
    11 Jan: 1st ODI, Karachi
    13 Jan: 2nd ODI, Karachi
    15 Jan: 3rd ODI, Karachi

    13 April: 1st T20I, Karachi
    15 Apr: 2nd T20I, Karachi
    16 Apr: 3rd T20I, Karachi
    19 Apr: 4th T20I, Karachi
    23 Apr: 5th T20I, Lahore
    26 Apr: 1st ODI, Lahore
    28 Apr: 2nd ODI, Lahore
    1 May: 3rd ODI, Rawalpindi
    4 May: 4th ODI, Rawalpindi
    7 May: 5th ODI, Rawalpindi

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    Simon Borchardt