Pakistan's tour of the West Indies later this year is unlikely to go ahead after a scheduling clash left the two boards unable to work out a suitable window for the series slated in the Future Tours Programme to be played in June-July, ESPNcricinfo reported.

The problem first arose when West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) planned a tri-series against India and Sri Lanka during the same time as the proposed tour of Pakistan, and instead asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to reschedule their series to August. That, however, was the window where Pakistan had planned to host India and play its series against Zimbabwe which had been postponed last year.

The Caribbean Premier League tournament, scheduled by the WICB from 29 July to 26 August, also added further confusion to the mess.

“It's a very tricky situation here as our first priority to play according to the FTP,” Zaka Ashraf, the PCB chairman, told ESPNcricinfo. “They actually planned their tri-nation series within our window and left us with a choice to reschedule the series, however, after a lengthy deliberation we failed to find a window to go ahead with it.

“Earlier, there were plans to split the tour but it's not working as we want to play a full series. West Indies is an important cricket team and we have always had cordial relations with them, and hopefully we will find another window next year.”

If the West Indies series is scrapped, which it now seems certain, Pakistan will play only seven more Test matches this year, two against South Africa (5 ODIS and 3 T20s also included), three versus Sri Lanka (5 ODIs and T20s also included) and two with Zimbabwe (3 ODIS and 2 T20s also included).