Cricket Australia (CA) revealed the calendar for their forthcoming home summer on Tuesday, which includes six limited-overs matches against Pakistan and a five-match Test series against India.
Cricket Australia remains committed to examining the potential of hosting a match between India and Pakistan in Australia.
However, Peter Roach, CA’s cricket operations manager, stated that there was no potential to organise a tri-series that would culminate in a match between the ancient rivals this season.
“We haven’t got a tri-series in the FTP (Future Tours Program),” Roach said. “Going forward, we’re always interested in opportunities for matches and content that will engage our fans.
“It’s fair to say that every country in the world would love to see India and Pakistan competing in their country. We’re on record as saying that we’re one of those countries that have asked the question.
“There’s no room in our schedules to do that at the moment, but we’ll keep talking to them and [consider] any other opportunities that arise. But in this specific example there is not going to be any change to the schedule.”
Australia v Pakistan limited-overs schedule:
First ODI: November 4, Melbourne
Second ODI: November 8, Adelaide
Third ODI: November 10, Perth
First T20I: November 14, Brisbane
Second T20I: November 16, Sydney
Third T20I: November 18, Hobart
Australia v India Test schedule:
First Test: November 22-26, Perth
Second Test: December 6-10, Adelaide (d/n)
Third Test: December 14-18, Brisbane
Fourth Test: December 26-30, Melbourne
Fifth Test: January 3-7, Sydney
