Complications due to Covid-19 has cut an entire T20I out of Pakistan's tour of the West Indies. Set to begin a day later than originally scheduled (July 28) also due to the pandemic, the series will now feature only four T20Is, instead of the previously planned five.
This is the result of one of the non-playing staff in the West Indies set-up testing positive for the virus two days ago. It forced one of their ODIs against Australia to be postponed and that in turn has had a domino effect on the Pakistan series, prompting the PCB and the CWI to strike off one of the T20Is that was part of the original tour calendar.
Ricky Skerrit, the Cricket West Indies president, said: "Together with the PCB, CWI have examined various scenarios, and we jointly agreed that the best solution in the present circumstances is to cancel the first T20I and play a four-match T20I series starting on Wednesday and keep the rest of the tour schedule unchanged."
Both Pakistan and West Indies, who are the defending champions, are on the final legs of their preparation for the T20 World Cup to be held in the UAE from October 17.
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