Future Tours Program Released By ICC
Future Tours Program Released By ICC: The International Cricket Council (ICC), on behalf of its Members, released the men’s Future Tours Programme (FTP) from 2018-2023.
The FTP, provides clarity and certainty around all bilateral international fixtures and incorporates all three formats of the game.
The result of a significant collective effort from the Members, with the support of the ICC, the FTP focuses on bringing more context to bilateral cricket.
A World Test Championship has been created along with a 13-team men’s ODI league that will act as a qualification pathway for the World Cup.
Nine top-ranked sides will participate in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship, which will run from 15th July 2019 to 30th April 2021.
The sides will play six series in the two-year cycle on a home and away basis against opponents they have mutually selected. The two top-ranked sides will then progress to the June 2021 final to decide the World Test champions.
In addition, the 12 Test playing nations and the Netherlands, will participate in the 13-team ODI League, which will run from 1 May 2020 to 31 March 2022 and all the sides will play eight series over a two-year cycle on a home and away basis against mutually agreed opponents.
This league will serve as a qualification pathway for the World Cup 2023.
India (as host) plus the seven highest-ranked sides in the ODI league as on 31 March 2022 will qualify directly for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, while the bottom five sides will get a second chance to qualify through the World Cup Qualifier.
- ICC Chief Executive David Richardson congratulated the Members for their efforts in the preparation of the men’s Future Tours Programme.
Richardson said: “The agreement of this FTP means we have clarity, certainty and most importantly context around bilateral cricket over the next five years.
Pakistan’s Opening Series in the World Test Championship is against Sri Lanka at home in October 2019, while their first one day International Series in the League is against host Netherlands in July 2020.
Pakistan will also host Australia, New Zealand and England according to future tour Programme.
Pakistan will tour Australia in 2019 and will host Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in 2020.
Pakistan will tour England in June 2020 while green shirts will also face South Africa in October 2020.
Pakistan will then host Zimbabwe in November 2020. In December 2020 Pakistan will tour New Zealand.
In the year of 2021, Pakistan will host the teams from South Africa, West Indies and New Zealand. In the same year Pakistan will tour Afghanistan, West Indies, England and Zimbabwe.
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