[11] Originally, Afghanistan were scheduled to play three ODI matches each against Australia and Pakistan, with the series being part of 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.

[13] Australia forfeited the series and the 30 competition points were awarded to Afghanistan.

[14] This series was originally scheduled to take place in 2021 but was postponed following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.

[16] For the series, Pakistan decided to rest their regular captain Babar Azam, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Rizwan, and Fakhar Zaman,[19] with Shadab Khan being named as captain.

[20] Following an erroneous announcement appointing Pakistan's batting coach Mohammad Yousuf as their new interim head coach, Yousuf opted out of the tour citing personal reasons.