The West Indies upcoming Tests and limited-overs international away series with Pakistan will go ahead after all, following the acceptance of the West Indies Cricket Board's (WICB), offer to play in a neutral venue.

Earlier today, the WICB confirmed that the series will now take place on the heels of this agreement. The series, now reduced to two Tests and three one-day internationals, will be played in the United Arab Emirates at the Sharjah Stadium.

The tour has been in limbo following the intensification of military activity on the India/Pakistan border. The fact that there was also action on the Afghanistan/Pakistan border did not help the PCB's case in convincing the WICB to send their team to tour in Pakistan.

"We were always committed to playing the series and we are happy with the arrangements, so we are now looking forward to an exciting contest between the two teams," said Michael Hall, chief operations officer of the WICB.

The PCB has indicated that the revised itinerary of this series will now comprise two Tests and three limited-overs internationals to be played between the last week of January and the third week of February.

This would be the first time that a Test series is played on a neutral venue. In October, the International Cricket Council approved the use of neutral venues for Test and one-day series if the host country was unable to do so for whatever reason.

The tour will now run from the last week of January to the third week of February. The revised schedule will be issued later.

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