Pakistan may tour Bangladesh in December - Cricket News Update
The dust finally seems to have settled between the Cricket Boards of Pakistan and Bangladesh. The PCB is on the verge of accepting an offer from BCB to tour the land of tigers for a series in December this year.
According to BCB’s media manager, Rabeed Imam, the proposed series will comprise of three One-Dayers, two Tests and a Twenty20 match.
Imam, in an interview to the Express Tribune, said, “The two boards have worked closely together to schedule a visit by Pakistan in December which is when both teams will be free from other commitments. The tour by Pakistan at
the end of the year is part of the Future Tours Programme one originally scheduled for last August and later moved to 2011-12.”
Bangladesh has a jammed pack schedule for this year as they will be hosting the Windies during the months of October and November. Afterwards in March, they’ll be the hosts for the Asia Cup. So the month of December is the most
feasible to fix a series between the two teams.
“With December being the only month when Pakistan could play us, a series may be finalised for that time but the schedule is yet to be finalised. The tour may comprise of two Tests, three ODIs and a Twenty20 but that's all to be
confirmed,” said BCB's media manager Imam.
BCB and PCB had always been good allies but the relationship between the two boards deteriorated in 2009, after the Sri Lankan team was attacked in Lahore. Both the Boards cancelled their series with each other, which led to troubled
relations.
PCB also holds the cricket’s governing body in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011.
Imam however, begged to differ from all this and said that both boards have cordial and healthy relations. He said that the BCB has stood by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 in their hour of need and toured them when all other countries refused to send
their players.
A commendable source within the PCB has revealed that the board has accepted the offer and are now finalizing the dates of the tour.
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