Cricket Australia (CA) has admitted to concerns about player workload after having a postponed tournament in Pakistan crammed into a packed international schedule for next year.

The Champions Trophy tournament was to be staged this September, but was put off because of fears over player safety held by several competing nations, including Australia.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Wednesday night announced it will now be played from September 25 to October 10 next year, in a yet-to-be-determined Pakistani city.

The opening day of the event is just five days after Australia plays the last one-day international of a long Ashes tour, which includes five Tests and eight one-day internationals, as well as numerous tour games.

The new dates for the Champions Trophy, which has been shortened by five days, also overlaps the planned Twenty20 Champions League in India and comes only a few days before the intended start date of a planned Australian one-day tour of India.

CA public affairs manager Peter Young said it would have been better if the tournament was kept in the original timeslot, but moved to a different venue, but Australia had to accept the ICC’s decision.

"The outcome shows why we thought it so important earlier this year to reschedule the originally planned ICC Champions Trophy away from Pakistan to a safe venue and to play it at the originally scheduled dates," Young said.

"However, the outcome from the ICC board is the outcome."

He said there were plans to work with the Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) on how to best handle the workload.

"Player workload is an issue and it is something we are due to start working on together with the ACA," he said.

"However, as we have consistently said for a number of years, workload is something we manage from an individual player point of view.

"We look at the number of games the player has played or is due to play, not the number of games the team itself has played ... it is an issue the National Selection Panel takes seriously in its considerations."

Young said the scheduling for the Champions League competition - involving domestic teams from Australia, South Africa, England and the Indian Premier League - was still to be finalised.

But an overlap with the international tournament would not necessarily matter.

"While noting its appeal has extra sizzle with international stars playing for their home states, we also note that it is a predominantly state player contest. That is the whole point of our long-term (Champions League) strategy."

The ICC is hoping the decision to hold the Champions Trophy in one city in Pakistan, rather than several venues around the country, will make it easier to address security issues, as well as allowing them to shorten the event.

But Young said Cricket Australia would reserve their right not to commit to the tour if they still held fears for player safety.

"As with all international tours CA and the ACA will undertake a safety and security assessment closer to these dates. Our decision will be based as usual on the safety and security of our players and team management which is of the utmost importance."