BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The West Indies Cricket Board on Thursday rolled out an itinerary for the next year, highlighting two key women’s tours as it moves to further develop women’s cricket.

As early as January, the West Indies women are expected to tour India and are also expected to host South Africa later in the year.

Details have not been released for the tour of India, while the WICB are yet to confirm the Proteas trip to the Caribbean, scheduled for August/September.

The WICB said recently it would be stepping up their development of the women’s game, following the recent announcement that several women players would be awarded retainer contracts.

Earlier this month, the side won the Twenty20 title in the ICC Challenge in South Africa and also finished second in the one-day tournament there.

Meanwhile, the itinerary will see the Caribbean T20 being played from January 9-24, just prior to the start of the four-day first-class championship that will run from February 1 to April 12.

West Indies will host two Test tours next year, with Pakistan arriving in April followed by India in June.

ITINERARY:

October 27 – November 3: West Indies Preparatory Camp (for tour of Sri Lanka)

November 2 – 28: West Indies A v Pakistan A

November 3 – December 23: West Indies tour of Sri Lanka

December 15 – 21: WICB Under 19 Youth Skills Camp

January 3 – 26: West Indies Women tour to India

January 9 – 24: Caribbean Twenty20 2011

January 27 – February 5: West Indies Preparatory Camp (for World Cup)

February 1 – April 12: WICB four-day tournament

February 6 – March 26: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011

April 1 – June 30: High Performance Centre Semester 2

April 7 – 14: West Indies Preparatory Camp (for Digicel Series 2011)

April 15 – May 24: Digicel Series 2011 – West Indies v Pakistan

June 1 – 24: HPC Tour (To be confirmed)

June 1 – July 11: Digicel Series 2011 – West Indies v India

July 2 – 16: WICB Regional Under-15 tournament

July 18 – August 17: TCL Group Under-19 Cricket Challenge

July 30 – 31: West Indies Fitness Testing

August 10 – 25: WICB Women’s League

August 18 – 24: WICB Under-19 & Under-15 Youth Skills Camp

August: South Africa Women tour of West Indies (To be confirmed)

August – September: West Indies A tour of Zimbabwe & South Africa (To

be confirmed)