Karachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is disappointed at the refusal of the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) to play a couple of limited over games from their full series in Pakistan later this year.

West Indies, who recently won the World T20 title in India, have turned down a request from the PCB to play a few matches in Pakistan. The full series is originally scheduled to be played in the UAE in September-October.

"The West Indies Board have informed us that they prefer to have the full series in UAE because of security reasons," a top official of the PCB said.

"It is disappointing because we are trying our best to convince other Boards that security conditions in Pakistan are improving with time and they need to support us even by playing a few games of a home series that is to be played in the UAE," he said. He said the West Indies Board had conveyed that their players still had security concerns over playing in Pakistan.

Pakistan will host the West Indies for two Tests, five one-day Internationals and two T20 Internationals in September and October this year. Since terrorists attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March, 2009, all top Test teams have avoided touring Pakistan because of security concerns.

The PCB had tried to convince the West Indies Board to play a couple of limited over games of the coming series in Pakistan.