<p>Englands women are to play Pakistan in one-day internationals at Leicesters Grace Road on 20 June and Worcestershires New Road on 22 June.</p> <p>The match at Grace Road will be the first time that the ground has hosted international womens cricket in 10 years, after England women last played a drawn Test match against India there in 2006.</p> <p>A third and final ODI in the series will be played at the County Ground, Taunton, on 27 June where England women beat Australia in the opening match of the <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/sport/womens-ashes" title="">Womens Ashes series</a> earlier this year.</p> <p>The ODIs will form Englands fifth round of matches in the ICC Womens Championship  the qualification tournament for the 2017 Womens World Cup in England.</p> <p>Three Twenty20 matches will follow on 3, 5 and 7 July at the Bristol County Ground, Ageas Bowl and Essex County Ground. The match at the Ageas Bowl will be played immediately before the mens NatWest T20 between England and Sri Lanka.</p> <p>Sky Sports and BBC Radio will provide live ball-by-ball television and radio coverage of all six of England womens encounters against Pakistan in June and July next year.</p> <p>Clare Connor, director of England womens cricket, said: This summer we enjoyed record crowd attendances for the Womens Ashes, and it is fantastic to see more and more people buying tickets year on year to watch the England womens team play.</p> <p>The womens game continues to expand and reach new audiences and I hope we can maintain this momentum throughout next summer. All the venues that will be staging games against Pakistan have the aspiration of reaching new fans and achieving capacity crowds. This is exactly the ambition we need after such a well-supported Ashes summer.</p> <p>Next years tour by Pakistan will coincide with the launch of the first Womens Cricket Super League featuring six teams and on the back of a 3m investment from the England and Wales Cricket Board over the next four years.</p> <p>Pakistan women last toured England in 2013, with England winning a two match ODI series 2-0 and drawing a two match T20 series 1-1.</p> <h2>England Women v Pakistan fixtures 2016</h2> <p><strong>20 June</strong> First ODI, Grace Road, Leicester</p> <p><strong>22 June </strong>Second ODI, New Road, Worcester</p> <p><strong>27 June</strong> Third ODI, County Ground, Taunton</p> <p><strong>3 July </strong>First T20, Bristol County Ground</p> <p><strong>5 July</strong> Second T20, Ageas Bowl, Southampton</p> <p><strong>7 July</strong> Third T20, Essex County Ground, Chelmsford</p>