Pakistan and Australia will face off in a three-match T20I series to wrap up their preparations for next month’s World Cup.
India and Sri Lanka are co-hosts of the T20 global showpiece, which runs from 7 February to 8 March.
“Pakistan will play Australia in three T20 internationals in Lahore which serves as crucial game time for both sides ahead of the World Cup,” the PCB said in a statement.
They will play at the Pakistani city’s Gaddafi Stadium from 29 January to 1 February, it added.
Australia’s T20I squad will arrive in Lahore on 28 January.
Pakistan are placed in Group A of the 20-team World Cup along with arch-rivals India, the United States, Namibia and the Netherlands.
Australia are placed in Group B with Sri Lanka, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Oman.
The top two teams from each of the four groups will qualify for the Super Eight stages.
– AFP
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