Australia tour of Pakistan to play a one-day international cricket series and a single Twenty20 cricket match but no particular match will be grounded in Pakistan’s home cricket grounds. The total series is going to kick off in United Arab Emirates.
After Mumbai terrorists attacks India dismissed the scheduled cricket tour of Pakistan. To fill this gap Sri Lanka visited Pakistan and had to be targeted another attack and returned to home, despite of huge security. Most of the cricketers got injury. So, this massive attack destroyed the fame of Pakistan and all the cricket teams said no to visit Pakistan.
To keep alive Pakistan cricket, the PCB deicide to arrange the cricket matches in different venues and they think UAE is the best venue to host the cricket matches in stead of Pakistan. Australia did not say no to Pakistan paying several cricket matches.
Pakistan has arranged 6 cricket matches where included five one-day internationals and a single exciting Twenty20 cricket match. All the six matches will be held in two venues. At Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium two OIDs and the single T20 matches will be hosted and rest of the three one-day will be grounded at Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi. Due to summer, all the matches will be played under flood-light (day-nigh match).
For the sub-continents cricket fans all the match will be very suitable time but for Australian it will be very difficult to watch the matches. All the matches will be held after mid-night.
Fixture and time schedule:
| April 2009 |
| Wed 22 Day/Night
14:30 local, 10:30 GMT | 1st ODI - Pakistan v Australia
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium |
| Fri 24 Day/Night
14:30 local, 10:30 GMT | 2nd ODI - Pakistan v Australia
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium |
| Mon 27 Day/Night
14:30 local, 10:30 GMT | 3rd ODI - Pakistan v Australia
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| May 2009 |
| Fri 1 Day/Night
14:30 local, 10:30 GMT | 4th ODI - Pakistan v Australia
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Sun 3 Day/Night
14:30 local, 10:30 GMT | 5th ODI - Pakistan v Australia
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi |
| Thu 7 | Only T20I - Pakistan v Australia
Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium |
The one-day international will be taken palace just after a few days of Indian premier league second season that is being hosted in South Africa in stead of India, where Pakistan cricket will not allow, although they played in the first season. But this year they have been dismissed by the IPL authority and also Pakistan government did not permit to attend in IPL too.
Dubai is well to all for many reasons the cricket fans knows it for Sharjah Cup cricket tournaments, where most attractive matches were India vs Pakistan matches. In the same cause, security concern the test cricket match between Pakistan and West Indies was held in UAE in 2002.