Pakistan vs West Indies ODIs postponed to June 2022

Several players in the visiting squad testing positive for Covid-19 forces the development

West Indies only had 15 fit players to choose from for the game and though that proved enough to complete the T20I leg of the tour, both boards agreed that continuing with such a depleted squad would not be right, especially given the ODIs that were to follow were also part of the Super League which determines a team's progress into the 2023 World Cup.

"On Thursday morning and as part of the PCB Covid-19 Protocols, Rapid Antigen tests were conducted on the remaining 15 West Indies players and six player support personnel," a joint PCB-CWI release said. "All 21 members of the West Indies touring party returned negative test result. As such, Thursday's T20 International (T20I) proceeded as planned.

"However, taking into consideration both the teams' welfare as well as limited resources in the West Indies side for the ODIs, it has been agreed that the series, which forms part of the ICC Men's Cricket Word Cup Super League, will be postponed and rescheduled for early June 2022.

"This will provide the West Indies with an equal opportunity to field their best available players for the World Cup qualification matches."

The 15 West Indies players and six support staff who were cleared of the virus will leave for home after tonight's match. The others will stay back in Karachi, in isolation, but are likely to return to their families in time for Christmas.

Pakistan's players, all of whom tested negative on Wednesday, will also be leaving the bio-bubble after tonight's third T20I.

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