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West Indies cricket team’s trip to Lahore for a three-match T20I series in March might be in danger, reported Daily Express.

The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) still hasn’t given its final verdict on the matter, but the decision is expected to be taken in a fortnight.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the WICB signed a five-year bilateral T20I series contract, which said that the Men in Green will visit the US to participate in a tri-nation shortest-format series if the Caribbean side visits Lahore for a three-match series every year.

However, PCB chairman Najam Sethi recently said that such an agreement is not viable since it will be more of a liability than a profit-making venture.

He cleared that the series will only take place this year and Pakistan will travel for US for the reciprocal series, but that is it.

According to source inside PCB, the WICB chairman David Cameron watched the World XI matches in Lahore but even after numerous meetings hasn’t given a final word on one-off series proposal.

It is important to note that West Indies are going to participate in 2019 World Cup qualifiers before touring Pakistan for the proposed series.

Sources believe the WICB are expecting a rise in the remunerations they will receive for the series.

Also, if the series fails to materialise, then the tri-nation tournament in the US will also be affected where Pakistan will have to participate in seven matches. PCB also asked for its share in the profits from the series.

Sources are saying that the decision on the series will be taken within a fortnight and nothing is clear at the moment.

https://tribune.com.pk/story/1645306/7-west-indies-trip-lahore-danger/
 
Good, it would have been a useless T20 series. I would rather invite Netherlands for an ODI series.
 
Good, it would have been a useless T20 series. I would rather invite Netherlands for an ODI series.

Something like this could be great with the top performers of the PSL vs minnows/associates.
 
Unbelievable this is getting beyond a joke now. Pakistan is safe for cricket now ICC must step in now.

What will ICC do? Force individuals to go if they dont want to? You realise that majority of teams dont visit Pakistan and even the lankan series had many withdrawls?

Yes you will get couple of players from most teams who will be willing to travel and you can probably have WXI like teams every year.but finding a full fledged team of regulars from a major country will be difficult to find.
 
What will ICC do? Force individuals to go if they dont want to? You realise that majority of teams dont visit Pakistan and even the lankan series had many withdrawls?

Yes you will get couple of players from most teams who will be willing to travel and you can probably have WXI like teams every year.but finding a full fledged team of regulars from a major country will be difficult to find.

Whats happened we have given them easy option of UAE.

They like UAE so don't want to go Pakistan. They are refusing so they can have a tour of UAE.

PCB should do all future matches in Pakistan and totally pull out of UAE.

If BD can host matches then so can Pakistan.
 
Whats happened we have given them easy option of UAE.

They like UAE so don't want to go Pakistan. They are refusing so they can have a tour of UAE.

PCB should do all future matches in Pakistan and totally pull out of UAE.

If BD can host matches then so can Pakistan.

So what will you do when teams dont come to Pakistan? Not play cricket?

BD has hosted test teams after test teams and ICC tournaments in last 5 years. There is no comparision at all.
 
Whats happened we have given them easy option of UAE.

They like UAE so don't want to go Pakistan. They are refusing so they can have a tour of UAE.

PCB should do all future matches in Pakistan and totally pull out of UAE.

If BD can host matches then so can Pakistan.

Easy option? that is the only feasible option Pakistan has now. Isn't that obvious when a domestic tournament has to be played there in UAE? PCB is really stupid to expect that any major team will visit Pakistan when its own PSL is being held in UAE. Bring back PSL to Pakistan and showcase success for couple of years before expecting any full strength team to visit Pakistan
 
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