West Indies to tour Pakistan in December
The West Indies cricket team will play three Twenty20 Internationals and three ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup Super League matches at Karachi’s National Stadium from Dec 13 to 22, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Thursday.
The West Indies cricket team and management officials arrived in Karachi on flight EK600 via Dubai on a 15-day tour. According to aviation sources, samples of all the players and organizers of the team at Karachi Airport have been taken for Corona 19K PCR test, after which they were shifted to the hotel under very strict security arrangements.
According to the authorities, all the players will remain in quarantine at the hotel till the result of the Corona virus is negative. According to PCB sources, the winning Pakistani cricket team from Dhaka is arriving in Karachi from flight EK608 via Dubai at 6:05 pm today. The players will be kept in quarantine at the hotel till the result is announced.
According to a press release issued by the PCB, this will be the West Indies’ first tour of Pakistan since April 2018 when they had played three T20Is. “The two-time former 50-over world champions will be playing One-day Internationals (ODIs) in Pakistan for the first time since Dec 2006,” the statement said.
Schedule
- Dec 9: West Indies team arrives in Karachi
- Dec 13: First T20I in Karachi
- Dec 14: Second T20I in Karachi
- Dec 16: Third T20I in Karachi
- Dec 18: First ODI in Karachi
- Dec 20: Second ODI in Karachi
- Dec 22: Third ODI in Karachi
- Dec 23: Departure
The first T20 match between Pakistan and West Indies will be played on December 13 at 6 pm and the second T20 match will be played on December 14 while the third and final match will be played on December 16. The first match of the ODI series between Pakistan and West Indies will be played on December 18 at one o’clock while the next match will be played on December 20 and the last on December 22 at the National Stadium.
“After missing out on home internationals in September and October, the West Indies tour will formally kick-off an exciting and entertaining season of men’s international cricket in Pakistan with HBL Pakistan Super League 2022 and Australia’s first full series to follow,” said PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja. “West Indies have always remained one of Pakistan cricket fans’ favorite sides,” he said.
Special Security Unit SSU of Sindh Police has made strict security arrangements in the National Stadium. Special security arrangements have been made for both the teams to come and go to the stadium.