Karachi, Jul 19 (PTI) The West Indies Cricket Board has refused Pakistan Cricket Board’s proposal to change the schedule or format for the upcoming bilateral ODI series in the Caribbean.
Pakistan are scheduled to travel to the West Indies next month for a white-ball tour that includes three ODIs and as many T20Is.
The T20Is are scheduled for August 1, 3 and 4 while the ODIs will be played on August 8, 10 and 12.
A well-informed PCB source said that the West Indies board officials conveyed to the PCB CEO Sumair Ahmed on the sidelines of the ICC meetings in Singapore that they would not replace the ODI series with T20 matches.
Pakistan had requested the West Indies board to drop the three ODIs and extend the T20I series to five or six matches.
“The West Indies board officials told the PCB clearly in Singapore there would be no changes to the itinerary or format for the series and it was up to the PCB to decide if they wanted to tour or not,” the PCB source disclosed.
“The West Indies board officials were firm; they had already started ticket sales for the T20 matches in Florida and the ODis in Trinidad.” The source said it was now up to the PCB to make the next call as they are yet to announce the touring squad for the WI tour. PTI Corr AT AT
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