Pakistan, India set to play one-off match to break the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Gareth-Berg-c1457 – Cricket News Roundup – June 4, 2012 – Part 2
Historic rivals http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 are set to play a one-off match later this year, in a bid to revive their bilateral sporting ties after a drought which has lasted since 2007.
The two nations have shared a strained relationship in everything from politics to sports, with the 2008 http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mumbai-c820 terror attacks having put an end to bilateral cricket series between the two teams.
However, a recent proposal to play a one-off match is under consideration with both the BCCI and PCB, with Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397 (Chairman of the Pakistan board) having confirmed that the dates for the event will be announced after the ICC’s meeting in Kuala Lumpur.
“…we will go and play a one-off game in India this year,” he said in conversation with the
Express newspaper. “I feel even one match would be enough to convey the message that we have revived and normalised bilateral cricket ties.”
Sri Lankan captain http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 “sensibly”.
“We should have played him a bit more sensibly, rotated the strike more,” Jayawardene said. “Our shot selection wasn't great at the end.”
The Lankan bowlers managed to eliminate the Pakistani top order, but Afridi, coming in at number 6, chipped in with a useful half-century to take his team to a 122 total. The chase looked to be an easy one, but the Lankan batsmen were unable to rise to the
challenge – Afridi claimed 2 for 17, while http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Yasir-Arafat-c98241 claimed 3 scalps each.
The highest individual score on the Lankan side was Chamara Kapugedera’s 19, and the hosts found themselves all out at 99, with the T20 series ending on a 1-1 draw.
Former cricketers from Pakistan and India have spoken out against the interference of politics in the sporting ties between the two nations, insisting that the sport needs to be independent from the diplomatic relations between the two.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Karsan-Devjibhai-Ghavri-c70336 (former Indian pacer) have both criticised the manner in which the soured diplomatic relations between the two nations automatically bring the bilateral cricketing ties to a halt.
“… political tensions can be taken care of by the leadership of two great nations, but cricket should continue as usual,” said http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Khan-c71319.
Ghavri expressed similar views, saying that cricket had “nothing to do with politics”. “The diplomatic relations can be looked after by the diplomats,” he added.
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