BCCI and WICB representatives to meet in Florida for T20I series planning

Officials of the BCCI and the WICB will meet in Florida in a bid to discuss the possibility of hosting a T20 international series at the Central Broward Regional Park in Florida next month. David Finch, the manager of the Broward Parks and Recreation revealed that the WICB officials contacted him regarding the availability of hosting two to three T20 internationals following the conclusion of the ongoing Test series. The Test series is scheduled to conclude on the 22nd of August.

“We had an email inquiring about the late-August availability of the stadium by representatives of the WICB last week,” Finch told ESPNcricinfo. “We have August 24 to 27, and they were asking about Sunday, August 28, as well. We would have to cancel a small event to give them the Sunday.”

Earlier in 2012, the West Indies had contacted the USACA (United States of America Cricket Association) in a bid to host two T20 internationals in New Zealand. However, the ICC had suspended the American Board in June 2015. If an agreement can be reached, these would be the first Full Member matches in the USA since that 2012 series.

The Florida stadium will host six of the final Caribbean Premier League matches between the 28th and 31st of July. Although the USACA had filed a lawsuit against the CPL establishment and also filed a subsequent injunction to stop the same, the plan is set into motion and is certainly expected to go through.

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The USA national team is also due to hold selection trial matches from August 1 to 3 to help finalize a 14-man squad for WCL Division Four in October. The stadium is usually rented out to Spanish Football giants FC Barcelona who frequent the establishment to have training camps. FCB had conducted a short camp prior to the CPL.