PCB, BCCI sign MoU for bilateral series

LAHORE: An agreement has been reached for bilateral cricket between Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Board of cricket control in India (BCCI) and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed in this regard.

According to the agreement Pakistan and India will play six series between 2015 and 2023.

According to the chief operating officer (COO) PCB, Subhan Ahmed, Pakistan will host 4 whereas India will host 2 series.

Both the teams are scheduled to play 14 Tests, 30 ODIs and 12 T-20s in the planned 6 series. The final legal agreement will signed shortly for the future bilateral cricket.

Subhan Ahmed told The Associated Press that a clause was included in the memorandum of understanding "that in case the security situation is not conducive in Pakistan, we will host India either in the UAE or any other suitable neutral venue."

Pakistan was the last of the ICC´s full member nations to conditionally agree to sweeping administrative and financial changes in the game´s world governing body, accepting after India agreed to play the full bilateral series between the neighboring countries in the Future Tours Program.

Pakistan toured India in late 2012 for a short limited-overs series, but the archrivals have not played in a full bilateral series since the Mumbai terrorist attacks of 2008.

India last toured Pakistan in 2006. No other Test cricket nations have toured Pakistan since 2009, when gunmen attacked the Sri Lanka team bus at Lahore.

Pakistan is expected to generate $300 million over eight years by playing against nine other Test playing countries, with the bulk of that revenue coming from hosting India.