The Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the dates for Australia’s T20I tour of Pakistan, with the first match scheduled to be held on January 29.

The three-match T20I series will be played at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, and matches will take place on January 29, 31 January and February 1, according to a PCB statement.

Australia’s T20I squad will arrive in Lahore on January 28. Matches will start at 5.30pm Pakistan time with the first ball expected to be bowled at 6pm.

The series serves as crucial game time for both sides ahead of the all-important ICC Men’s T20I World Cup 2026, where Pakistan are placed in Group A and Australia in Group B.

This will also be Australia’s third trip to Pakistan since March-April 2022, when they played a three-match Test and ODI series followed by a solitary T20I.

They played three of their ICC Champions Trophy 2025 matches in the country as well.

Australia bagged a close three-wicket win in the only T20I they played at the Gaddafi Stadium on 5 April 2022.

Series schedule:

1st T20I – January 29

2nd T20I – January 3

3rd T20I – February 1