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Pakistan has sought a postponement of its tour of Zimbabwe later this year, as it clashes with a proposed tour
of India. Pakistan are scheduled to tour Zimbabwe for a series of two
Tests, three ODIs and two T20s from December to January but, having
agreed to resume bilateral ties with India earlier this year, their
winter schedule is likely to need some tweaking.
The dates for the India visit haven't been announced but the respective
cricket boards had agreed to a short series over the Christmas period,
between the Test and one-day legs of England's tour of India. It will
form the first bilateral series between the two sides since Pakistan
toured India in end-2007.
"We have requested Zimbabwe to reschedule the series because of the
India-Pakistan series," a PCB spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. "They agreed
to work out another plan to host us so there is no way the series will
be canceled. Instead the PCB and Zimbabwe Cricket are in discussions
make it happen next year."
Pakistan do not have any international commitments scheduled from the
end of the ICC World T20 in October till the tour of Zimbabwe, which is
part of the Future Tours Programme. The dates for the tour hadn't been
finalised either. Pakistan last toured the country for a short series in
2011.
Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo's Pakistan correspondent
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