Kent to host Pakistan in 2010

The England and Wales Cricket Board today released the major match programme for the 2010 season and there is some good news for Kent County Cricket Club. Reigning world Twenty20 champions, Pakistan, are coming to Canterbury from the 28 to the 30 of June for a three-day game against Kent.

Commenting on Pakistan“s trip to Canterbury in 2010, Kent“s Chief Executive, Paul Millman, said: “This is great news for Kent. Pakistan supporters are passionate about cricket and I“m sure that the match will generate a bumper crowd. We successfully staged the Australia v England Lions game, earlier this year, and are delighted to bring further international cricket to the county. I“m sure that the people of Kent will back us and come out in force to watch some of the finest international cricketers on show at the St Lawrence Ground.”

The domestic fixtures will follow in the second week of November and we will notify you as soon as everything is confirmed. We now know that the international season commences on May 27 with the 1st npower Test Match v Bangladesh at Lord“s. Following the 2nd npower Test at Old Trafford, the Bangladesh team will head off to participate in the Asia Cup.

The England team will then play an ODI in Scotland on June 19 in the lead up to the five-match NatWest Series v Australia. The three-match NatWest Series v Bangladesh then follows.

As previously announced, ECB has agreed with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Cricket Australia (CA) to host a programme of cricket between Pakistan and Australia which had been due to be held in Pakistan – two International Twenty20s will be played at Edgbaston on July 5 and 6, followed by Test Matches at Lord“s and Headingley Carnegie starting on July 13 and June 21 respectively.

England then play Pakistan in a four-match npower Test Series with matches staged at Trent Bridge, Edgbaston, the Brit Oval and Lord“s. The teams then play two NatWest International Twenty20 matches at Cardiff followed by five One Day Internationals in The NatWest Series.

The Rose Bowl will be the venue for the ever popular Twenty20 Finals Day on Saturday August 14 while the final round of LV= Championship matches, to be played from September 13-16, and the new ECB 40-over Final at Lord“s on Saturday September 18 will provide an exciting climax to the domestic season.

Thu 27-31 May – 1st npower Test v Bangladesh, Lord`s
Fri 4-8 June – 2nd npower Test v Bangladesh, Old Trafford
Sat 19 June – Scotland v England ODI, Edinburgh
Tue 22 June – 1st NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Rose Bowl (f)
Thu 24 June – 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Cardiff (f)
Sun 27 June – 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Old Trafford
Wed 30 June – 4th NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Brit Oval (f)
Sat 3 July – 5th NatWest Series ODI v Australia, Lord“s
Mon 5 July – 1st International T20 Pakistan v Australia, Edgbaston
Tue 6 July – 2nd International T20 Pakistan v Australia, Edgbaston
Thu 8 July – 1st NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Trent Bridge (f)
Sat 10 July – 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Bristol
Mon 12 July- 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Bangladesh, Edgbaston
Tue 13-17 July- 1st Test Pakistan v Australia, Lord“s
Wed 21-25 July – 2nd Test Pakistan v Australia, Headingley Carnegie
Thu 29 July-2 Aug – 1st npower Test Match v Pakistan, Trent Bridge
Fri 6-10 Aug – 2nd npower Test Match v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Sat 14 Aug – Twenty20 Finals“ Day, Rose Bowl
Wed 18-22 Aug – 3rd npower Test Match v Pakistan, Brit Oval
Thu 26-30 Aug – 4th npower Test Match v Pakistan, Lord“s
Sun 5 Sept – 1st NatWest International T20 v Pakistan, Cardiff
Tue 7 Sept – 2nd NatWest International T20 v Pakistan, Cardiff (f)
Fri 10 Sept – 1st NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Riverside
Sun 12 Sept – 2nd NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Headingley Carnegie
Fri 17 Sept – 3rd NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Brit Oval
Sat 18 Sept – ECB 40-over Final, Lord“s
Mon 20 Sept – 4th NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Lord“s (f)
Wed 22 Sept – 5th NatWest Series ODI v Pakistan, Rose Bowl (f)

Bangladesh Tour to UK 2010

Thu 6 May – Bangladesh Test squad arrives

Sun 9-11 May – 3-day tour match* v Hampshire, Rose Bowl
Fri 14-16 May – 3-day tour match** v Essex, Chelmsford
Wed 19-22 May – 4-day v England Lions, Derby
Thu 27-31 May – 1st npower Test, Lord`s
Fri 4-8 June – 2nd npower Test, Old Trafford

Wed 30 June – Bangladesh ODI squad arrives

Sat 3 July – 1-day tour match v Sussex, Hove
Mon 5 July – 1-day tour match v Middlesex, venue tbc
Thu 8 July – 1st NatWest Series ODI, Trent Bridge (f)
Sat 10 July – 2nd NatWest Series ODI, Bristol
Mon 12 July – 3rd NatWest Series ODI, Edgbaston

*cancelled if Bangladesh reach Super 8 stage of ICC World T20

**reduced to 2-day May 15-16 if Bangladesh reach Super 8 stage of ICC World T20

Pakistan Tour to UK 2010

Fri 25 June – Pakistan Team arrives

Mon 28 – 30 June – 3-day tour match v Kent, Canterbury
Fri 2 July – T20 tour match v Essex, Chelmsford
Sat 3 July – T20 tour match v Northants, Northampton
Mon 5 July – 1st International T20 v Australia, Edgbaston
Tue 6 July – 2nd International T20 v Australia, Edgbaston
Thu 8-9 July – 2-day tour match v Leicestershire, Grace Road
Tue 13-17 July – 1st Test v Australia, Lord“s
Wed 21-25 July – 2nd Test v Australia, Headingley Carnegie
Thu 29 July-2 Aug – 1st npower Test Match, Trent Bridge
Fri 6-10 Aug – 2nd npower Test Match, Edgbaston
Fri 13-14 Aug++ – 2-day tour match v Worcestershire ++, New Road++
Wed 18-22 Aug – 3rd npower Test Match, Brit Oval
Thu 26-30 Aug – 4th npower Test Match, Lord“s
Thu 2 Sept – 1-day tour match v Somerset, Taunton
Sun 5 Sept – 1st NatWest International T20, Cardiff
Tue 7 Sept – 2nd NatWest International T20, Cardiff (f)
Fri 10 Sept – 1st NatWest Series ODI, Durham
Sun 12 Sept – 2nd NatWest Series ODI, Headingley Carnegie
Fri 17 Sept – 3rd NatWest Series ODI, Brit Oval
Mon 20 Sept – 4th NatWest Series ODI, Lord“s (f)
Wed 22 Sept – 5th NatWest Series ODI, Rose Bowl (f)

++ Note – 2-day tour match at New Road on August 13-14 played against England Lions if Worcestershire involved in Twenty20 Finals Day.

Australia Tour 2010

Sun 13 June – Australia Team arrives and transfers on to Ireland

Thu 17 June – ODI v Ireland, Clontarf, Dublin
Sat 19 June – 1-day tour match v Middlesex, venue tbc
Tue 22 June – 1st NatWest Series ODI, Rose Bowl (f)
Thu 24 June – 2nd NatWest Series ODI, Cardiff (f)
Sun 27 June – 3rd NatWest Series ODI, Old Trafford
Wed 30 June – 4th NatWest Series ODI, Brit Oval (f)
Sat 3 July – 5th NatWest Series ODI, Lord“s
Mon 5 July – 1st International T20 v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Tue 6 July – 2nd International T20 v Pakistan, Edgbaston
Thu 8-9 July – 2-day tour match v Derbyshire, Derby
Tue 13-17 July – 1st Test v Pakistan, Lord“s
Wed 21-25 July – 2nd Test v Pakistan, Headingley Carnegie

Mon 26 July – Australia Team departs

ECB also confirmed England“s Tour schedules to Bangladesh 2010.

England will play 3 ODIs followed by 2 Test Matches in Bangladesh with all matches played in Dhaka and Chittagong:

England Tour to Bangladesh 2010

Warm-up schedule to be confirmed

Sun 28 Feb – 1st One Day International, SBNCS Dhaka
Tue 2 March – 2nd One Day International, SBNCS Dhaka
Fri 5 March – 3rd One Day International, JACSC Chittagong
Sun 7-9 March – 3-day Tour Match, JACSC Chittagong
Fri 12-16 March – 1st Test Match, JACSC Chittagong
Sat 20-24 March – 2nd Test Match, SBNCS Dhaka

Thu 25 March – Team departs

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