WORCESTERSHIRE can look forward to another mouth-watering tour match next summer - with Pakistan visiting New Road at the end of July.

The County will play host to a two-day fixture on July 29 and 30 in between England's second and third Investec Test matches with Pakistan.

It will be the third prestigious match involving Worcestershire and the one of the touring sides during the past four seasons.

In 2013, Australia visited New Road for a four-day fixture and in May of this year New Zealand gained a thrilling 15 run success over Daryl Mitchell's side - a game in which Ross Whiteley scored a memorable century.

Pakistan are the tourists during the second half of the 2016 campaign and they will play four Tests, five ODIs and a T20I During the first-half of the summer, England will take on Sri Lanka in three Tests, five ODIs and a T20I.

Interest in next summer’s international programme has been heightened by England’s recent Ashes triumph and the home side will have an early sight of one half of next summer’s opposition when they take on Pakistan in the UAE this autumn.

Pakistan will be touring this country for the first time since 2010 and before that England seeking to avenge last year’s 1-0 Investec Test series defeat and 3-2 Royal London ODI series defeat against the Sri Lankans.