Pakistan host England and Sri Lanka in an ODI tri-series that opens at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on October 18 and runs through to a final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on October 31. All three squads have been confirmed, with Shaheen Shah Afridi, Harry Brook and Kusal Mendis leading their sides into a tournament that doubles as 50-over preparation ahead of the next World Cup cycle.
Pakistan face Sri Lanka in the opener on October 18, before meeting England on October 20, both in Rawalpindi; Sri Lanka and England then play each other there on October 22. The tri-series shifts to Lahore for the remaining league games — Pakistan vs England on October 25, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka on October 27, and Sri Lanka vs England on October 29 — before the final on October 31.
Shaheen Shah Afridi retains the ODI captaincy, a contrast to the T20I side, where Sahibzada Farhan replaced Salman Ali Agha as captain earlier this month. Babar Azam keeps his place in the 16-man ODI squad alongside Salman Ali Agha, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Shadab Khan, Saim Ayub, Fakhar Zaman and Hasan Nawaz, giving the hosts a settled top order even as the T20I set-up goes through a leadership reshuffle around him.
England's 16-player squad is led by Harry Brook and includes Adil Rashid, Sam Curran, Joe Root and Ben Duckett, with uncapped all-rounder James Coles and pace bowler Henry Crocombe both earning call-ups. Jofra Archer has been rested from this tour to manage his workload — notably, he is included in England's separate ODI squad for the Australia series that follows next month — while Jos Buttler remains unavailable for both tours after hamstring surgery.
Sri Lanka's 16-man squad is captained by Kusal Mendis, with Avishka Fernando and Sahan Arachchige recalled in place of a dropped Charith Asalanka and the injured Wanindu Hasaranga. Opener Pathum Nissanka has been named but will only travel if passed fit, while quick Dushmantha Chameera's inclusion is also reported to be fitness-dependent.
A three-way ODI series between two Asian sides and England is a relatively rare fixture list, and it gives all three a competitive form marker outside their usual bilateral cycles. For Pakistan, it is a chance to show the one-day side has stayed settled around Afridi even as the T20I captaincy changes hands; for Sri Lanka, Fernando and Arachchige's recalls are a direct test of squad depth with Hasaranga sidelined; and for England, blooding Coles and Crocombe here — before a different first-choice group reconvenes for Australia in November — says plenty about how the squad is being managed through a packed winter.
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Squad and schedule details in this article are verified against same-day and freshly re-checked reporting as of October 16, 2026; Pathum Nissanka's and Dushmantha Chameera's final participation remained subject to fitness clearance at the time of writing.
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