Pakistan on Friday rescheduled the itinerary of their neutral venue cricket series against Australia, in which they play five one-day and a Twenty20 match.

"On the request of Cricket Australia (CA) we have rescheduled the series," said the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Ijaz Butt.

"Now the series will be played from April 22 to May 7 as we have pushed backed the date of the first match by two dates," he added.

Australia will fly from South Africa to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on April 18 and play the first two matches in Dubai on April 22 and 24.

The series then moves to Abu Dhabi where the next three one-day matches will be played on April 27, May 1 and 3, said Butt.

The Twenty20 match is scheduled for Dubai on May 7.

The PCB was forced to play the series at neutral venues after the Australian government refused permission for its team to tour Pakistan.

In March last year, Australia refused to tour Pakistan over security fears. They agreed to reschedule the tour into two visits, however -- one-day matches in 2009 and Tests in 2010.

But security fears once again prompted the Australians to play matches at neutral venues.

Australia have not toured Pakistan since 1998. They also forced Pakistan to play a three-Test series at the neutral venues of Colombo in Sri Lanka and Sharjah in the UAE in 2002.

Butt hoped Pakistani and Indian expatriates will come to watch the matches in the UAE.