The Proteas will tour Pakistan for the first time in 14 years at the end of next month.
Cricket South Africa on Monday announced that the Proteas will play two Tests and T20Is in Karachi, Rawalpindi and Lahore respectively – travelling to Pakistan for the first since 2007.
The statement reads: “The tour is scheduled to run from 26 January to 14 February 2021, with the team arriving in Karachi on 16 January. They will go into a period of quarantine before commencing with training and inter-squad practice matches.”
Following an attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in 2009, Pakistan hosted international matches in the UAE over safety concerns.
But according to the statement: “South Africa will become the fourth country to tour Pakistan in the last 15 months after Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Zimbabwe.”
Of the tour, director of cricket, Graeme Smith, says: “As someone who has toured the country on more than one occasion back in my playing days, I know how much passion the people of Pakistan have for the game as well as the love and support that the Proteas enjoy there as a team.
“I would like to thank the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the hospitality and transparency they showed our security contingent when they travelled over there a few weeks ago.
"The report on their findings and recommendations gives us confidence as an organisation that all of our team’s security, playing and accommodation needs will be met, and that the wellbeing of the team will be the top priority. We look forward to embarking on this tour.”