Due to be played in June, England's home Test series against West Indies got indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic after the ECB extended the game's suspension in the UK till at least July 1. 

However, considering the series is an important part of the inaugural World Test Championship cycle, both ECB and its Caribbean counterpart, CWI, indulged in "positive discussions" via video conferencing on the fate of the three fixtures this Friday (May 1). 

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It is understood, skippers Joe Root, Jason Holder and coaches Chris Silverwood, Phil Simmons also joined the two teams' administrative regimes in the meeting. 

"Positive ongoing discussions with the ECB and CWI continued on Friday. Both boards were represented including captains, coaches, administrators and the chief medical officers from the respective boards," ESPNcricinfo quoted an ECB spokesperson as saying. 

"Discussions were wide-ranging including dialogue around revised schedules and COVID-19 medical and biosecurity planning."

Discussions are set to continue between the two boards with no certainty at this stage when the COVID-19 could possibly relent. 

"Meetings will be ongoing over the next few months to reach an outcome of when international cricket could potentially return," the spokesperson said. "This is a long and detailed process and is very much in the early stages of planning. The guidance from the government will emphasise what we can do."

England is also due to host Australia, Pakistan and Ireland across formats in the summer, but those fixtures are now under serious threat because of the deadly outbreak, which originated in Wuhan, China in December last year. 

As many as 32 lakh people have been globally infected, including 2.2 lakh deaths. 

(Inputs from ANI)