Cricket: New Zealand Cricket confirms two tours to Pakistan in 2022/23 season

The Blackcaps will tour Pakistan twice next season after successful meetings between New Zealand Cricket and the Pakistan Cricket Board in Dubai last month.

New Zealand will tour the sub-continent in December to play two World Test Championship tests and three one-day internationals before returning in April for a further five ODIs and five T20s.

The Blackcaps abandoned their tour of Pakistan earlier this year after a security threat was raised by the New Zealand Government hours before the first test.

NZC chief executive David White says his organisation is pleased the Blackcaps are returning to Pakistan as promised. 

"Our respective chairmen, Ramiz Raja and Martin Snedden, had very fruitful and constructive discussions while in Dubai, further strengthening the bond between the two organisations," says White.

"It's good to be going back."

Raja - a former Pakistan international - says the relationship between the two countries is back on track after the cancelled tour drew criticism from Raja and several former Pakistani internationals. 

"I am pleased with the outcomes of our discussions and negotiations, and thank Martin Snedden and his board for their understanding and support," Raja says.

"This reflects the strong, cordial and historic relations the two boards have, and reconfirms Pakistan's status as an important member of the cricket fraternity."