LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board has cancelled the proposed five-yearagreement with West Indies for an annual T20 series, according to thechairman.

PCB chairman Najam Sethi, however, said the West Indies will tour Pakistanfor three T20 matches scheduled for March this year. “The West Indies willcome to play three T20 matches this year in March but the rest of theagreement was not cost-effective,” Sethi told reporters.

As per the agreement signed between the two boards in October last year,the West Indies were scheduled to tour Pakistan every year for a T20 seriesand in return, Pakistan were slated to travel to the United States everyyear to take part in a tri-series with the Caribbeans and a thirdparticipating country.

Sethi said that after calculations were done it was found that the WestIndies tour to Pakistan was not cost effective due to high production costsand players fees. “The problem is that with three games we can’t get enoughsponsors to cover our costs. So now we have decided on a one-off seriesthis year followed by a tri-series in Florida later in the year,” thechairman added.

Sethi said a new MoU was being prepared with the West Indies Cricket Boardbut it will not have a bearing on the Caribbean team touring Pakistan inlate March for the T20 series.