In what comes as a major lift to Pakistan cricket, the Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday (January 24) affirmed that the Windies ladies’ group will visit Pakistan for a progression of three Twenty20 Internationals towards the finish of January this year, in front of the three ICC Women’s Championship ODI amusements that will be played in Dubai.
The Windies ladies were the remainder of the non-Asian groups to make a trip to Pakistan. In March/April 2004, the West Indies played an attracted Test Pakistan and won a seven-ODI arrangement 5-2.
“The three T20Is will be played on 31 January, 1 and 3 February at the Southend Club (Karachi), following which the opposite sides will clash in three ODIs in Dubai on 7, 9 and 11 February. The first ODI will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, while the second and third ODIs will be played at the ICC Academy,” expressed a PCB media discharge.
The arrangement against the Windies comes so far another progression towards the restoration of universal cricket in Pakistan, which has seen almost no activity at home after a psychological oppressor assault on the Sri Lankan group transport in March 2009.
Zimbabwe played three T20Is and three ODIs in Pakistan in May 2015 after which a World XI side driven by Faf du Plessis played three T20Is in the nation in 2017. Sri Lanka additionally played one T20I in Pakistan in 2017 while a second-string Windies group played three T20 recreations in 2018. Pakistan has additionally facilitated a couple PSL coordinates in the nation.
Respecting the news of Windies’ up and coming arrangement, which will be the first for the Caribbean Women in Pakistan since March-April 2004, PCB Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad stated: “The visit of the West Indies ladies’ group to Karachi is incredible news for Pakistan cricket as well as for ladies’ cricket when all is said in done. We are grateful to Cricket West Indies and their players for confiding in the PCB and consenting to play three T20Is in Karachi.”
“The choice of Cricket West Indies supports our position that Pakistan is as sheltered and secure as some other nation. For the benefit of the PCB, I might want to state that we are certain that this visit will go far in the total restoration of universal cricket in Pakistan,” he included.
Johnny Grave, CEO of Cricket West Indies, expressed gratitude toward the players and the care staff for sponsorship the board’s choice to visit Pakistan. “This visit is a further significant advance for our companions at the Pakistan Cricket Board to bring their cricket back home, and we are satisfied that our players and care staff have perceived this and upheld this endeavor.
“The security plan orchestrated by the PCB is of the very same dimension that the Windies men’s group had a year ago and autonomous security consultants, Eastern Star International (ESI), have affirmed to both the CWI and WIPA that they are fulfilled that the hazard is reasonable and can be relieved to an adequate dimension.”
Victors of the 2016 WT20, the Windies ladies’ side are positioned fourth in the ICC T20I rankings. Pakistan stand three places underneath them at seven.
After three rounds of the ICC Women’s Championship, the West Indies are sitting in fourth position on nine with four successes and the same number of annihilations, while Pakistan are 6th on eight with four successes and five loses.
Arrangement plan:
31 January – first T20I, Southend Club, Karachi
1 February – second T20I, Southend Club, Karachi
3 February – third T20I, Southend Club, Karachi
7 February – first ODI (ICC Women’s Championship), DIS
9 February – second ODI, (ICC Women’s Championship), ICC Academy
11 February – third ODI (ICC Women’s Championship), ICC Academy