Former Pakistan cricketers welcome BCB’s decision to tour Pakistan – Cricket News Update
The former cricketers of Pakistan have welcomed the decision of the Bangladesh Cricket Board to send its team to Pakistan at the end of this month for a short One-Day series.
The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Sunday confirmed in separate statements that the Bengali Tigers will be touring Pakistan in the last week of April to play a One Day International (April
29) and a T20 International (April 30) against the Men in Green. Both the matches will be hosted at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
The former Pakistan captain and wicketkeeper batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 Cricket Board. However, Latif added that it would have been better had the BCB agreed for a proper
series.
"It is a good news although it would have been better if they had played a proper series,” said Rashid Latif when approached to comment on the latest proceedings on the Pak-Ban series.
“But at least the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457 is finally going to break and the credit must go to the present Board set up for making efforts to revive international cricket in Pakistan after the unfortunate incident of 2009," the former Pakistan skipper
added further .
This is the first time since the 2009 terrorist attacks on the touring Sri Lanka team that a Test playing nation will tour the country. Since that fateful incident Pakistan has been forced to play its home series on the neutral
venues of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Moin Khan, another former wicketkeeper of Pakistan, also welcomed Bangladesh’s decision to join hands in the revival of international cricket in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 and urged the International Cricket Council to play its role in bringing international
cricket back to Pakistan.
"I think the Pakistani people deserve more international matches and the ICC must support us more in our endeavours," said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Moin-Khan-c77092, a former Test captain of Pakistan.
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