dublin,Updated: May 14, 2024 08:12 (IST)
Ireland have announced that their men's team will travel to Pakistan for the first time in 2025. Although the exact details of the tour are yet to be finalized, Cricket Ireland released a statement on Monday suggesting they will head to Pakistan next year for a tour that has been tentatively set up. Held in August or September. Both teams are currently playing a three-match T20I series in Ireland ahead of next month's ICC Men's T20 World Cup, but Cricket Ireland chairman Brian McNeice has spoken to PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi about a 2025 tour to Pakistan. We discussed it with Discussions were healthy and it was agreed that Ireland will travel to Pakistan next year, making it the first men's team to visit an Asian country.
“We were delighted to welcome Chairman Naqvi to Dublin and we had a very productive meeting.The presence of the PCB Chairman in Ireland is very much appreciated and is a strong sign of the good relationship between the two Boards. That's a good indicator,” McNeese said. “Discussions were wide-ranging and included consideration of future matches at men's, women's and Wolves level. We are very pleased that we have reached agreement for the men's tour to take place next year. This is yet another historic event. This will be the first of its kind.We are planning a tour of our senior women to Pakistan in 2022.''The ongoing Ireland-Pakistan series consists of one match each. The match is scheduled to be held in Dublin on Tuesday.
“Pakistan have been great ambassadors for their country over the last week and have been very generous in interacting with our fans while in Ireland. We are very much looking forward to tomorrow's series decider and, of course, the match locally.” We have the T20 World Cup next month,” McNeese added. “The cricketing friendship between Ireland and Pakistan runs very deep. In fact, our first meeting was here in Dublin in 1962, with Pakistan being our opponents in our first women's and men's Test matches. “We're looking forward to this.” It was a great tour and I would like to thank Chairman Naqvi and PCB for their continued friendship and support. ”