LAHORE: Pakistan cricket team will tour West Indies from 21 July to 24 August where they will play two Tests and five T20 Internationals.
The tour, which will take place following the conclusion of the ODI and T20I series in England, will commence with back-to-back T20Is in Barbados on 27 and 28 July, before moving to Guyana for two consecutive T20 matches on 31 July and 1 August T20Is, and series finale on 3 August.
After a two-day practice match on 6-7 August in Guyana, the side will move to Jamaica where the two Tests will be held at Sabina Park from 12-16 August and 20-24 August.
In addition to playing England, Afghanistan, Bangladesh and the T20 World Cup and the away series, Pakistan will be hosting New Zealand, England, West Indies and Australia in the next eight months.
On their last tour to the Caribbean in 2017, Pakistan won their maiden Test series 2-1. This provides a perfect farewell to Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan. Both will return to the Caribbean in coaching roles with Misbah as head coach and Younis as batting coach.
Wasim Khan: “In consultation with the CWI and keeping an eye on this year’s ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, we have agreed to replace one Test match with two additional T20Is”
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This will be the ninth Test series between the two sides in the Caribbean since 1957-58 with the sixth-ranked home side leading the fifth-ranked visitors by 4-1.
At Sabina Park, both the sides are tied at 2-all with the West Indies winning the 1957- 58 and 1976-77 Tests by an innings and 174 runs and 140 runs, respectively. However, Pakistan won the last two Tests in 2004-05 and 2016-17 by 136 runs and seven wickets respectively.
On a head-to-head in T20Is series in the West Indies, Pakistan lead the T20 world champions by 2-1. West Indies won the one-off match at the Daren Sammy National Cricket Stadium in 2010-11, before Pakistan won the 2013-14 and 2016-17 by 2-0 and 3-1 respectively.
