Overview
- Pakistan hosted the ICC Champions Trophy for the first time in 29 years and staged ODI and T20I tri-series featuring New Zealand, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.
- Across 56 internationals in 2025, the men won 30, including a record 21 victories from 34 T20Is under Salman Ali Agha, with standouts Sahibzada Farhan (771 T20I runs) and Mohammad Nawaz (36 T20I wickets).
- Pakistan women qualified for the ICC Women’s World Cup by winning all five games at the Lahore qualifier, later played their World Cup matches in Colombo, and saw Sadia Iqbal become the country’s first No. 1 in ICC Women’s T20I bowling.
- A 36‑player women’s camp in Karachi is underway for the February–March tour of South Africa, with Wahab Riaz highlighting targeted work on fielding, fitness, strike rotation and boundary hitting.
- The PCB advanced a connected pathway with nationwide school tiers, live‑streamed key domestic events, celebrated U19 and Shaheens Asian titles, and outlined 16 regional academies plus minimum fitness standards as implementation continues into 2026.