West Indies women’s team in Pakistan for cricket series

The West Indies women’s team has arrived in Karachi to play three Twenty20 matches as Pakistan once again bids to showcase its ability to host international cricket.

There was a heavy security presence between the airport and the team hotel, and traffic on one of Karachi’s busiest roads was halted while the visiting squad travelled through A terrorist attack in March 2009 on the Sri Lanka Test cricket team’s bus in Lahore killed six policemen and two civilians and injured six members of the touring group.

Pakistan has hosted only short limited-overs series against Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, a World XI and the West Indies since the attacks.