Otago Cricket Association chief executive Ross Dykes is confident the University Oval will stand up to its biggest challenge this summer.
The oval is to host a test for the third consecutive season and has also, in something of a surprise allocation, been given its first one-day international.
New Zealand will play Pakistan at the ground from November 24-28 in the first of three tests, and the Black Caps will return to Dunedin to play Bangladesh in the second of three one-day internationals on February 8.
It will be the first time New Zealand has played both a test and a one-dayer in Dunedin during the same summer.
Both forms of the game were played at Carisbrook in the 1994-95 season, but the one-day match was between Australia and India as part of New Zealand Cricket's centenary series, following a New Zealand-Sri Lanka test.
"It's great for Dunedin and the University Oval.
"It's a nice vote of confidence from New Zealand Cricket," Mr Dykes said yesterday.
"It's been a long time since Dunedin has had an ODI and it indicates we are considered one of the premier venues for the future."
It will be the first one-dayer held in the city since 2004.
The oval has a capacity of about 3000 - exceptionally small by international standards - but Mr Dykes said all the important infrastructure was in place to host a one-dayer.
Pitch renovations had been carried out and new grass was coming through, and Mr Dykes said he expected the ground to be in fine shape at the end of November.
Because there is no inbound tour during the Christmas-New Year period, Queenstown will miss out on international cricket, having hosted seven one-day internationals during the past seven summers.
Queenstown has been allocated a pool in the under-19 world cup.
For the first time, the Black Caps will play six tests at home this summer - three against Pakistan, two against Australia and one against Bangladesh - as well as eight one-day internationals and three twenty/20 internationals.
NZC chief executive Justin Vaughan said the Australian series had been limited to two tests because of congestion in the international calendar and the compressed nature of the tour.
