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Hope other teams also tour Pakistan: West Indies' stand-in captain

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Press Trust of India Karachi
Last Updated : Jan 30 2019 | 9:05 PM IST

Stand-in captain of the West Indian women's team, Merrissa Aguilleira, on Wednesday hoped that the other cricket nations will follow her side and tour Pakistan in the near future.

Aguilleira reached Karachi on Tuesday night with her team to play a series of three T20 internationals before the ODI series, which would be held in Dubai.

However, their regular skipper Stafanie Taylor decided not to travel to Pakistan due to security concerns.

This is the first visit by a West Indian women's team to Pakistan since 2004 when an unofficial Test and seven ODIs were played at a time when women's cricket was still developing in the country.

"I think the Pakistanis are heading in the right direction when it comes to bringing back international cricket to Pakistan. We have come here with a positive mindset and we are emotionally, physically and mentally prepared for whatever challenge the home side can throw at us," Aguilleira told a media conference.

"When I came off the flight the hospitality and warmth of the people who are so caring and loving caught us by surprise. When it comes to bringing back cricket to Pakistan, I believe other teams should also rethink about coming to Pakistan."
"Offcourse we had mixed emotions but I mean when I am looking at it right now if we had not come to Pakistan I would have been so disappointed. Away from Pakistan you think differently about the situation here but when you are here and there is so much going on you get lost in the cricket."

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First Published: Jan 30 2019 | 9:05 PM IST

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