Staff Reporter.
Pakistan will host the 2025 Champions Trophy after the International Cricket Council confirmed eight men’s tournaments between 2024 and 2031.
The announcement comes after New Zealand and England pulled out of tours to Pakistan in recent months.
The USA will host their first major cricket tournament when they jointly put on the 2024 T20 World Cup with West Indies.
The 2030 T20 World Cup will be in England, Ireland and Scotland.
The tournament in Pakistan will see the return of the Champions Trophy after an eight-year break, with Pakistan beating India, who will host the 2029 tournament, by 180 runs in the 2017 final.
There will also be T20 World Cups in India and Sri Lanka in 2026 and Australia and New Zealand in 2028.
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia will host the 2027,50-over World Cup, before the 2031 tournament takes place in India and Bangladesh.
These tournaments will follow a T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November 2022 before a 50-over World Cup in India in October and November 2023
South Africa also hosted the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 where they also failed to make the playoffs.
Cricket South Africa’s acting chief executive officer Pholetsi Moseki said it was important for the World Cup to come to Africa for the growth of the game.
“We’re really excited and we’ve got a goal of growing cricket in Africa. Seeing that we’re the big brother to Zimbabwe and Namibia, it was important that we pull them along and have it as an African tournament,” Moseki said.
“It is extremely important for the tournament and cricket is probably one of the fastest growing games in the continent and the tournament will help in this regard.”