No tour matches for Grenada

ST JOHN’S: West Indies, still basking in the glory of their ICC Champions Trophy victory, will be hosts to South Africa and Pakistan in a home series which starts next March. They will play four Tests and five one-day internationals against the Proteas and two Tests and three one-dayers against the Pakistanis. But Grenada, ravaged by Hurricane Ivan last month which caused the total destruction of their stadium at Queen’s Park, have been left out from the fixtures.

The International season begins with the arrival of South Africa on March 25 for a nearly two-month long tour, which ends on May 16. Pakistan arrive on May 8 and depart the Caribbean on June 8. The South Africans will begin their tour in Guyana where they will play the first Test six days after their arrival at Bourda Oval. They will play their second Test against the West Indies at the Queen’s Park Oval, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, starting April 8, before taking on a UWI Vice-Chancellor’s XI in a two-day game also in Trinidad on April 16-17. Third Test in the series will be at the Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados starting April 21.

Then the Test scene shifts to the Antigua Recreation Ground, Antigua, for the fouth and final Test starting April 29. First two matches in the one-day series will be played in Jamaica on May 7 and May 8, then it’s back to Barbados for the third game on May 11. Trinidad will host the other two one-dayers on May 14 and May 15. The Pakistan leg of the tour begins in Antigua with a two-day match against a Carib Beer Series XI on May 11-14. The Pakistanis will open with the three-match one-day series with the first game on May 18 in St Vincent, followed by two in St Lucia on May 21 and 22. And they take the field against West Indies in the first of two Tests in Barbados beginning on May 26. The second Test is scheduled for Jamaica starting on June 3. 

Full itinerary: South Africa to the West Indies March 25-May 16.
March 25 - South Africa arrives in Guyana
First  Test - March 31 to April 4 in Guyana.
Second Test - April 8 to 12 -in Trinidad
Tour match vs UWI Vice Chancellor’s XI - April 16-17 in Trinidad.
Third Test - April 21-25 in Barbados.
Fourth Test - April 29  to May 3 in Antigua.
Practice 1-day - May 5 in Jamaica.
First ODI - May 7 in Jamaica.
Second ODI - May 8 in Jamaica.
Third ODI - May 11 in  Barbados.
Fourth ODI - May 14 in Trinidad.
Fifth ODI - May 15 in Trinidad.
South Africa depart - May 16 in Trinidad.
Pakistan to the West Indies May 8 to June 8.
Pakistan arrive - May 8 in Antigua.
vs Carib Beer Series X1 - May 11  - 13 in Antigua.
Practice 1-day - May 15 in Antigua.
First ODI - May 18 in St Vincent.
Second ODI - May 21 in St Lucia.
Third ODI - May 22 in St Lucia.
First Test - May 26  to 30 in Barbados.
Second Test - June 3  to 7 in Jamaica.
Pakistan depart - June 8 from Jamaica.