West Indies and Pakistan to play series of T20Is in Pakistan and USA

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"West Indies have confirmed that a full national team will come to Pakistan in 2018 and play 3 T20I games March 29, 31st, 1st April"

"As you may know that there was talk of tour in November by the West Indies but the weather conditions were not good so we didnt take that risk"

"West Indies and Pakistan Cricket boards have announced an agreement to play a series of T20I matches each year for the next 5 years in Pakistan and the USA"

"So West Indies will come to Pakistan for five years starting 2018 and we will go to the USA and play there"

"When we play in the USA it will be a tri-lateral series, the third team will be included later"

"Now we have made this announcement to lay to rest all the speculation and to show that these arent just one-off games but a firm tie-up for 5 years with the West Indies"

"This is a bilateral agreement which is out side the ICC approved FTP program"

"The third country (for the US Leg) will be decided later and can be different every year"

"The dates for USA leg have not been finalized as we need to find a broadcaster and a third country as well"

"The USA leg of this agreement will be a joint venture between both boards"

"There is no comparison between the situation between India and West Indies when it comes to playing in Pakistan"

"Some other teams have shown an interest in coming to Pakistan but we havent made any discussions with them as we dont have time due to our FTP commitments"

"The West Indies feel that its more commercially viable to have the series in the USA and there could be great interest if there is a Tri-lateral tournament there"

"We felt that due to smog this was the best thing to do; Our PSL will finish by the time and there will time for the WI players to play in Pakistan and then depart for the IPL"

 

[another drop catch]

Hope they tour pakistan

 

[MenInG]

Excellent news for Pakistan cricket but lets hope it happens

 

[UN talkz]

Good news.. This is a contract signed bw two boards so that gives little more confidence that this will happen

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

Excellent news!
Looking forward to seeing our new rejuvenated star studded Pakistan team play in the USA...

 

[Markhor]

Good to arrange some matches in the USA, the expats will be thrilled, but don't see cricket catching on there.

We've had four T20Is in the Caribbean, the 3 T20Is vs World XI, the three Sri Lanka T20s, a Zimbabwe T20I tri-series scheduled for next June and now this arrangement. This is overkill.

Nothing against the format but all these T20Is would make sense if a T20 World Cup was around the corner.

 

[Arham_PakFan]

Good to arrange some matches in the USA, the expats will be thrilled, but don't see cricket catching on there.

We've had four T20Is in the Caribbean, the 3 T20Is vs World XI, the three Sri Lanka T20s, a Zimbabwe T20I tri-series scheduled for next June and now this arrangement. This is overkill.

Nothing against the format but all these T20Is would make sense if a T20 World Cup was around the corner.

The 3 T20’s against the WorldXI were the only ones which mattered because they were bigger than just cricket.

We should play an ODI tri series in Zimbabwe instead of T20I’s.The WC will be less than a year away at that point.

 

[Abdulm123]

PCB gets West Indies Cricket Board's consent to play T20Is in Pakistan and USA

After much indecision, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has finally come to terms with Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to play a T20 series each year in Pakistan and the United States for the next five years.
The news was revealed by PCB Chairman Najam Sethi at a press conference on Saturday. Sethi exclaimed, “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 USA subject to availability of dates and venues which will be finalised later.”
He confirmed that a three match T20I series will be played on March 29, March 31 and April 1 in Lahore with the West Indies board confirming they will send their full national side to Pakistan.
“This series couldn’t be held in November as earlier planned due to adverse weather conditions and we didn’t want to take any risk,” he added.
Sethi went on, “The series in the USA will be a triangular series with Pakistan, West Indies and a third team to be finalised every year and the broadcaster for the first series in the USA in 2018.”
Asserting that this bilateral arrangement between the two boards was outside of the official future tours program of the International Cricket Council (ICC), Sethi further added, “I want to say here that this agreement is part of our endeavour to bring back international cricket back to Pakistan in a proper way.”

This is your chance for yall Pakistan fans in the Usa

Source:http://www.timesnownews.com/sports/...rees-to-play-t20is-in-pakistan-and-usa/123697

 

[Abdulm123]

I live in the Usa and im hoping they are touring usa next year during summer so I could go to my first cricket game ever, any Ppers living in the Usa or Canada also wanting to go?

 

[MMHS]

PCB should make sure that first round is in PAK .......

 

[Hasan123]

Good news is that we will get some consistent cricket in Pakistan.

 

[moghul]

So finally I will watch Pakistan team playing here in USA, can;t wait.

 

[moghul]

Hope the third team will be India.

 

[zn426]

I live in the Usa and im hoping they are touring usa next year during summer so I could go to my first cricket game ever, any Ppers living in the Usa or Canada also wanting to go?

I'll be there. Wherever it is. I hope they will try to distribute the T20s between different US cities too. Lauderhill is a good facility for what it does but adapting a US baseball stadium could come in handy to get bigger crowds.

 

[ahmadharis1]

I live in the Usa and im hoping they are touring usa next year during summer so I could go to my first cricket game ever, any Ppers living in the Usa or Canada also wanting to go?

Also from USA, if Pakistan end up playing her (probably Florida) I'm definitely making the trip

 

[mmkextreme_1]

I live in the Usa and im hoping they are touring usa next year during summer so I could go to my first cricket game ever, any Ppers living in the Usa or Canada also wanting to go?

Count me in. Would be great to see my first live international live game in a stadium as well.

 

[CadPakFan]

I live in the Usa and im hoping they are touring usa next year during summer so I could go to my first cricket game ever, any Ppers living in the Usa or Canada also wanting to go?

I live in Canada but if I get the chance, I will definitely go to see my first ever international cricket match.

 

[Ahmed4472]

Hopefully they play in Los Angeles as well otherwise will travel anywhere in US to see our stars

 

[Syed1]

Definitely making the trip to third world USA to watch this match

 

[mmkextreme_1]

Definitely making the trip to third world USA to watch this match

Come on, your going to be in for a huge surprise

 

[AsadRaza1]

Will be great for cricket in both countries USA and PAK

 

[Markhor]

Turns out this "five year arrangement" is a whole load of crap. Sethi has said the matches would be loss making which begs the question why he didn't do the calculations before making an announcement ?

Instead there'll be a meaningless one-off T20I series in March at home with a tri-series in Florida somewhere
down the line.

Instead of these pointless miniseries, can Sethi switch his attention to arranging full series over the next few months ?

 

[giri26]

ICC officials to attend Pakistan-WI series

After successfully staging the high-profile final of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) on Sunday, Karachi’s National Stadium is set to host the West Indies team for a three-match T20 International series.

Like the three-match T20 series against World XI staged in Lahore last September, this Pakistan-West Indies series will also be witnessed by officials of the International Cricket Council (ICC).

According to a well-placed source, ICC match referee and other officials would travel to Karachi for the series.

“The ICC has appointed David Boon as match referee for the three T20 Internationals against the West Indies. ICC general manager cricket, Geoff Allardice, and ICC senior manager umpires and referees, Adrian Griffith, will also be in Karachi for the series, added the source.

The series between Pakistan and the West Indies, the reigning world T20 champions, will commence on April 1 followed by matches on April 2 and 3.

https://www.dawn.com/news/amp/1397708