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A full-strength West Indies team is expected to land in Lahore next March for a three-match Twenty20 series after Cricket West Indies (CWI) “committed” to tour Pakistan next year. The tour was meant to be played this November, but logistical challenges forced the tour to be postponed.
At an impromptu media conference in Lahore on Saturday, PCB chairman Najam Sethi confirmed the schedule for West Indies’ tour with the three matches to be played on March 29, 31 and April 1. Sethi also stated that both PCB and CWI have agreed to play a series of Twenty20 matches annually over the next five years both in Pakistan and the USA subject to availability of dates.
“There were talks to play the series in November, but due to unforeseen weather, we didn’t take a risk so we will start our first series from March next year followed by the one in the USA,” Sethi said in Lahore. “From then onwards, they will keep coming to Pakistan for the next five years and we will reciprocate by playing in the USA. But the series we will play in the USA will be a tri-series with the third team to be decided later.”
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