West Indies and India to discuss logistics in June

Senior officials from the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) and the Indian board (BCCI) will have a meeting on June 3 in New York, to unveil plans for the one-day international series to be played in the United States and Canada.

Ken Gordon, the WICB president, said on Friday that the meeting had been convened to iron out further details on the new tournament and profit-sharing agreement signed by the WICB and the BCCI. Officials from the Canadian Cricket Association and United States of America Cricket Association (USACA) will also attend the meeting, as they are the organising committee.

Gordon said the venues for the matches have not yet been finalised, but one match will be played in Florida. The series is expected to go a long way in helping the WICB to solve its debt burden - presently standing at US$25 million.

"There will be no fewer than three matches and no more than five matches," said Gordon. "Once the BCCI heard that North America was ready, they were also ready and we found what looks like a convenient avenue period when both team were available. Now we have to work out the details. We will be looking to firm up what venues we will be using.

"North America comes under the guidance of the WICB, as far as the ICC is concerned. North America is a fertile area for us to develop. The Indian diaspora is a large one and so is the West Indian. It makes all kind of sense for us to take advantage of that, because we have captive markets. It starts with good economic planning and then from there, [what] we have are other logical reasons why we want to partner with India."