West Indies And Pakistan Cricket Boards To Hold Security Talks For December Tour

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Cricket West Indies (CWI) chief executive officer (CEO) Johnny Grave said on Wednesday that he will be speaking with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) later this week about security when West Indies will tour Pakistan in December.

Grave's words come after New Zealand abandoned their white-ball tour of Pakistan just before the start of first ODI in Rawalpindi last Friday. On Monday, England decided to withdraw from men's and women's white-ball tours to the country in October due to security and bio-bubble reasons.

"I had a call with Wasim Khan, the Pakistan CEO, (on Tuesday) morning, to find out everything that had happened during the past week, on the back of New Zealand abandoning their tour and England's decision not to go there, and to suggest that we have another call later this week with our operational teams to discuss our women's and men's tours that are scheduled for later this year," Grave was quoted as saying by Trinidad and Tobago Newsday.

"We'll speak to our Independent Security Consultants, ESI, who we used back in 2018 when we went to Pakistan. We've had an initial meeting with WIPA (West Indies Players Association) too about it, and we're going to follow the same process, that we have done in the past," added Grave.

West Indies are expected to play three ODIs and three T20Is on the visit to Pakistan at the end of the year. Grave went on to say that the focus right now is on following the processes.

"At this stage, our intention is to fulfil our touring obligations. We've got a pretty clear process that we go through with independent security experts, like we did in 2018. We will follow that process, the board of directors, WIPA, as well as the players themselves will review the plans and our reports, including the independent security advice. Most of our women's and men's players have played in Pakistan in the last few years."

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