CWI Media Release: As part of Cricket West Indies’’ continued support to bring international cricket back home to Pakistan, the WINDIES Women’s Team has agreed to play in three (3) T20I matches in Karachi, prior to the three match ICC Women’s Championship ODI matches in the UAE.
The three T20Is will be played on 31 January, 1 and 3 February at the Southend Club before the two sides will go head to head in three ODIs in Dubai on 7, 9 and 11 February. The first ODI will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DISC), while the second and third ODIs will be played at the ICC Academy.
As part of their series preparation, the WINDIES Women will arrive in Dubai on 26 January for a training and acclimatization camp, before traveling to Karachi on 30 January.
Commenting on the Tour, CWI Chief Executive Officer, Johnny Grave, said: “Following the successful hosting of the WINDIES Men’s team in Pakistan in April 2018, we have confirmed to the PCB that our WINDIES Women’s squad will now also play a three-match T20I series in Karachi too.”
“This Tour is a further major step for our friends at the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to bring their cricket back home, and we are pleased that our players and support staff have recognised this and agreed to play the T20Is in Pakistan.”
Grave added: “The security plan arranged by the PCB is the exactly the same level that the WINDIES Men’s team had last year and Independent security advisors, Eastern Star International (ESI) have confirmed to both CWI and WIPA that they are satisfied that the risk is manageable and can be mitigated to an acceptable level.
“We made it very clear to the players and support staff that should any of them have any personal reservations about this Tour, that we fully understand and accept their position.”
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