LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) intends to formally invite West Indies to play matches in Pakistan from the series already scheduled between September and October in the UAE.
“We have had verbal discussions with them and are waiting and watching the improvement of security situation in Pakistan,” said a board official, quoted by Press Trust of India.
“If the situation remains stable and improves, we will formally invite them to play a couple of the limited over matches from the UAE-based series in Pakistan.”
West Indies and Pakistan are scheduled to play two Tests, five one-days and two T20I matches in the Emirates.
PCB will reportedly seek help of two former West Indian cricketers, Sir Vivian Richards and Brian Lara, to persuade the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to agree and play in Pakistan.
Richards was the team mentor for Quetta Gladiators in the recently-held Pakistan Super League (PSL), whereas Lara visited Pakistan for a media assignment during the World T20.
Few weeks earlier, a US owned West Indian TV channel Willow TV had reported that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) were in talks for months about a possible Windies’ tour to Pakistan.
The report says that a breakthrough has been made between both boards and West Indies team may tour Pakistan in October 2016.
No top team has toured Pakistan for a series since March 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore.
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