KARACHI, June 15: West Indies will play three Tests and five One-day Internationals in Pakistan in November and December, a Pakistan Cricket Board official said on Thursday.

“The tour is confirmed, however the itinerary will be finalised later due to some logistical reasons,” PCB official Subhan Ahmed said.

Pakistan's efforts to confirm the itinerary will be delayed until the outcome of the ICC Champions Trophy being held in India between Oct 7 to Nov 5 becomes clearer.

West Indies have to play in the qualifying rounds of the Trophy from Oct 7 to 14 to make the main rounds for which Pakistan are seeded.

The West Indies have also asked the PCB to schedule the one-dayers first, but Subhan said Pakistan wanted the Tests played first to avoid the winter season weather disruptions.

“In the last two series against England and India we lost a lot of time due to bad light. The floodlights also don't improve the light. So it would be better to have the Tests first,” he clarified.

He said the PCB would use five venues --- Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, Multan and Faisalabad --- to host all the matches.

West Indies' last tour was in 1997-98 as they refused to play in Pakistan in 2001-02 because of security reasons in the wake of the Sept 11 attacks on the United States. That series was shifted to Sharjah.—Reuters