December 6, 2001	Thursday	Ramazan 20, 1422

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LAHORE, Dec 5: A decision whether the West Indies cricket team will tour Pakistan or the series will be shifted to a neutral venue is likely to be confirmed in a couple of days.

A Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman said on  Wednesday that the decision could be taken at any moment in the next two or three days.

According to tentative programme, the West Indies team is to arrive here on Jan 25 to play Test and One-Day matches.

The West Indies cricketing authorities were reluctant to send their team to Pakistan due to security reasons in the wake of US led attacks on Afghanistan.

Earlier, New Zealand had called off their tour to Pakistan in Sept due to the same reason. But recently, Sri Lankan under-19 cricket team had toured Pakistan safely for a five one-day series which the host won 4-1.

However, the ICC, in order to save its 10 year activity programme from further disturbance had decided that under special cirmustances a series could be shifted to any neutral venue with the consent of both the countries.