By Muhammad Asif Khan
KARACHI:
Although the Pakistan tour
to the West Indies in coming July was part of
the International Cricket Council’s FTP, however the recent ambiguous signals
from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) provoked the Pakistan Cricket Board
(PCB) to shift to a contingency plan.
“The WICB was planning to host
India and Sri Lanka for a tri-nation series during the period, and wanted to reschedule
Pakistan’s tour”, a PCB source revealed to this correspondent
“Now we have scheduled some of
our old test series pending with Zimbabwe in this window”, the
source added
The Pakistan Cricket team was due
to play two Tests, three ODIs and two Twenty20 matches against Zimbabwe - in December
last year - but the trip was postponed as the dates were clashing with the Indian
trip.
On the other hand, a new
development suggests that the WICB was still optimistic about hosting Pakistan.
A statement on the WICB website says “WICB looks forward to the much
anticipated visit of the Pakistan Cricket Team as indeed all cricket-loving
fans of the Caribbean do”
“Once all arrangements are
finalized they will be announced to the media and public in the usual manner
and at the earliest opportunity”, added WICB
The writer is a Pakistani
sports journalist, heads the sports department at News One TV & tweets @mak_asif
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