LAHORE – Pakistan and the West Indies have signed an agreement under which they will play a T20 series each year in Pakistan and the United States for the next five years, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi announced on Saturday.
“There has been a lot of speculation regarding Pakistan and West Indies series. I can confirm now that both the boards have reached an agreement under which we will play a T20 series each year for the next five years in Pakistan and the United States, subject to availability of dates and venues which will be finalised later, Sethi said at a press conference in Lahore.
He said the first series would take place with the West Indies board confirming they will send their full national side to Pakistan in March 2018.
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“The matches will take place on March 29 and 31st and April 1st next year,” he added.
“This series couldn’t be held in November as earlier planned due to adverse weather conditions and we didnt want to take any risk.”
Sethi said the West Indies would come to Pakistan for the next five years each year and Pakistan will go to the US each year in return.
“The series in the US will be a triangular series with Pakistan, West Indies and a third team to be finalised every year.”
Sethi said that both boards would now sit down and finalise a third team and the broadcaster for the first series in the US in 2018.
Pakistan have already hosted the Pakistan Super League final in March followed by a tour by the World Eleven in September and most recently, Sri Lanka played a lone T20 in Lahore on October 29.
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The ICC bilateral series would be finalised next year by February, Sethi informed.
Sethi further said Pakistan felt it was financially viable to have a tri-series of T20 matches in the United States every year.
