Pakistan’s women will spend a fortnight in Hambantota later this summer, squeezing in three One-Day Internationals and three T20s between 23 July and 4 August.
All six fixtures are pencilled in for the Mahinda Rajapaksa International Cricket Stadium, a venue that generally offers true bounce early on before slowing under the sun – useful context for both batting line-ups.
The ODIs double as the next stop in the ICC Women’s Championship (2025-29). With eight points from six matches, Pakistan sit second thanks to a healthy net run-rate of 1.928. Sri Lanka are third on the same win–loss record but trail on run-rate (0.226), so there is a quiet scrap building for the upper reaches of the table.
Provisional itinerary
23 July – 1st ODI
25 July – 2nd ODI
28 July – 3rd ODI
31 July – 1st T20I
2 August – 2nd T20I
4 August – 3rd T20I
For both camps this should be the first international work-out after the T20 World Cup in England, which wraps up on 5 July. In other words, players will need to switch from English early-summer pitches to Sri Lankan coastal heat in little more than a fortnight – not the simplest adjustment.
As it stands, neither board has announced squads or support staff tweaks. Selection meetings are expected once the World Cup dust settles.
There is, then, no elaborate storyline here – just two evenly matched teams with Championship points, World Cup momentum and, whisper it, some mid-season rust to address.
