The national team is already in the Netherlands, attending the training camp after losing the four-nation tournament. -AFP/File

LAHORE: The Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) has changed the schedule of five Test matches, which are being held in Holland against different countries as part of preparations for the next two big assignments of the Champions Trophy and Olympics.

The national team is already in the Netherlands, attending the training camp after losing the four-nation tournament, finishing at the bottom, behind the Netherlands, England and Germany.

In the second phase, which was to start from July 8 but started on Wednesday with the opening Test against New Zealand, the national team has to play five Test matches, two each against Belgium and the Netherlands and one against New Zealand.

Pakistan will play Belgium on July 8 and 9 in the second and third Test and against the Netherlands on July 15 and 16.

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