Pakistan Cricket Board has announced the schedule for Men’s 2024-25 Home International Cricket Season.                                                 The national team will compete in three test series and one ODI Tri-Series in the lead up to eight-team ICC Champions Trophy 2025.In the Curtain-Raiser Series, the national team will play two test matches against Bangladesh next month at Rawalpindi and Karachi.The international season will culminate with the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final to be held on 9 March next year.In between, Pakistan will host England for three tests in October this year at Multan, Karachi and Rawalpindi.                  West Indies will visit in January next year for  two tests in Karachi and Multan, while New Zealand and South Africa will participate in an ODI Tri-Series in Multan from 8th of February next year.In a statement, PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said it is critically important for us to finalise, lock and announce our 2024-25 home international cricket season now to ensure that both Men's Cricket Team Managements and the PCB event staff have sufficient time to prepare.He said it is time to show Pakistan as an outstanding cricket nation and the PCB as a thoroughly professional organisation.