KABUL – Afghanistan will tour West Indies for an eight-match limited overs series next June, marking the first time the ICC associate nation will face the Caribbean side in a full series.
The Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) announced that the Asian side would play the Windies in five One-Day Internationals and three Twenty20 Internationals starting mid-June, but revealed no specific dates.
For the Afghans, it will be only their third full series against a full ICC member following similar tours against Zimbabwe last year, and ACB chief executive, Shafiq Stanikazi, said the tour would be a crucial one for them.
“This is a major series with very attractive teams featuring some of the world’s best players,” he said.
“We look forward to some very entertaining cricket in T20s and ODIs. On behalf of Afghanistan Cricket Board, I am very thankful to West Indies Cricket Board for agreeing to be hosts for the series.”
Afghanistan made a bold statement during the World Twenty20 in India last March when they stunned eventual champions West Indies by six runs in Nagpur, in the first meeting between the two teams in an international. (CMC)
