West Indies Women to tour Pakistan for three ODIs in November

All three matches will be held in Karachi before West Indies fly to Zimbabwe for the Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifiers

West Indies Women are set to tour Pakistan for three ODIs in November.

The matches are scheduled to be held from November 8 to November 14 at Karachi’s National Stadium before West Indies fly to Zimbabwe ahead of the Women's Cricket World Cup qualifiers, which will start on November 21.

Earlier in the year, Pakistan toured West Indies for three T20Is and five ODIs, with the hosts winning 3-0 and 3-2, respectively.

Jonny Grave, CEO of Cricket West Indies, said the trip to Pakistan would be excellent preparation for the upcoming World Cup qualifying tournament. West Indies will be one of 10 teams in Zimbabwe competing for three spots at the 2022 Women's Cricket World Cup.

"This reciprocal tour to Pakistan is an important part of our preparation plans ahead of the World Cup qualifying tournament that is scheduled to take place in Zimbabwe in mid-November," Grave said.

^{West Indies and Pakistan previously met in Karachi in 2019}

"This tour to Pakistan will give the team the chance to play in different conditions compared to the Caribbean and have more high level competitive cricket ahead of aiming to secure one of the three qualifying spots available for the Women's Cricket World Cup next year."

Grave also discussed the team’s security measures following the recent withdrawals of New Zealand Men and England Men and Women from tours of Pakistan.

"The security plan arranged by the PCB is the same high level that the West Indies men's and women's teams received when they last toured Pakistan in 2018 and 2019, respectively," Grave said.

 "Independent security advisors, Eastern Star International (ESI) have confirmed to both CWI and WIPA [West Indies Players' Association] that they are satisfied that the risk is manageable and can be mitigated to an acceptable level of safety. We will now take a final recommendation to our board of directors before the selection panel confirms the squad."