March 25, 2008	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 16, 1429

LAHORE, March 24: Bangladesh, having no side match in the itinerary, will tour Pakistan from April 6 to 20 to play five One-day International and one Twenty-20 match.

Bangladesh are visiting Pakistan on the special invitation of The PCB after Australia had refused to tour the country in March-April on security grounds. To recoup the financial losses and to make up for the loss of matches Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) arranged the series with Bangladesh on a short notice.

All matches are day and night.

The tour will start with the first ODI to be played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on April 8. The Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad will host the second ODI on April 11 as both the teams will again come back to Lahore to play third one on April 13. Multan Stadium, Multan is the venue of the fourth match scheduled for April 16. From Multan both the teams will leave the province of Punjab for Sindh to play fifth ODI in Karachi on April 19 and the lone Twenty-20 on April 20.

Itinerary:

April 8: 1st ODI Lahore

April 11: 2nd ODI Faisalabad

April 13: 3rd ODI, Lahore

April 16: 4th ODI, Multan

April 19: 5th ODI, Karachi

April 20: Twenty20, Karachi