Pakistan will host seven Exams between August 2024 to February 2025, which incorporates two matches in opposition to West Indies. They’re additionally set to play in opposition to Bangladesh, England, and New Zealand.
Will probably be the primary time in near 20 years that West Indies will probably be taking part in Exams there and the Pakistan Cricket Board not too long ago introduced that its males’s nationwide staff will play in three Take a look at collection and take part within the first One-day Worldwide tri-series in 21 years within the lead as much as the eight-team ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
West Indies are scheduled to play the Pakistanis in two Exams on Jan. 16 in Karachi and Jan. 24 in Multan.
“While now we have toured Pakistan many instances lately, it’ll have been nearly 20 years since we final performed Take a look at cricket there,” Cricket West Indies Chief Govt Officer, Johnny Grave mentioned.
“The 2006 collection additionally had Exams in each Karachi and Multan, and we stay up for returning for a aggressive collection in opposition to one other proud Take a look at cricketing nation,” mentioned Grave.
The 2 Take a look at collection may even be the ultimate for West Indies within the present cycle of the ICC World Take a look at Championship.
Every of the highest 9 Take a look at-playing nations are scheduled to play six collection (three house and three away) within the ICC World Take a look at Championship 2023-25 cycle.
To date, West Indies have performed 4 matches in two collection at house in opposition to India in July final 12 months and away in opposition to Australia in January this 12 months, profitable one, dropping two, and drawing one.
This has put them in sixth place on the factors desk with 16 factors. India leads the desk with 74 factors, adopted by Australia with 90 factors, New Zealand with 36 factors, Sri Lanka with 24 factors, and Pakistan with 22 factors.
