Cricket tours often involve mutual arrangements between boards over costs. They usually involve the home management team taking on the logistical costs of the visitors, including things like travel and accommodation.
In the West Indies, costs can be increased by the need for players and officials to fly between islands.
Cricket West Indies also suffers from the cost of television production. Last week, he announced a slew of money-saving measures, including cutting player contracts.
“We have to fly all the equipment and crew anywhere to be able to broadcast the match,” he said. “This is a significant figure.
“Sky doesn’t have to fly from London to Manchester for a match.”
West Indies, who canceled the women’s Test against Australia earlier this year, are yet to announce a schedule for the tour of England, which is scheduled to be played in April and May next year and includes three T20s and three one-day internationals in addition to the Test.
The bidding process for the islands to host the next home facility began in recent days and should be completed in December.
Dering expressed interest in hosting the women’s games.
“We’ll know how much it’s going to cost once we make the schedule,” he said.
“It’s cheaper to do everything in one place, but one of the attractions of the Caribbean is being able to travel to multiple locations for matches.
“We still hope to be able to provide with our own resources, but this [the Test] If the ECB would help us, we would be confident.”