Sri Lanka turns down Pakistan tour – Cricket news
Cricket in Pakistan is inversely proportional to terrorism in Pakistan. The former world champions have not hosted a team since Sri Lanka visited Pakistan in 2009. The Sri Lankan team had to cut down their tour following an attack on their team during the Lahore test in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Thilan-Thusara-Samaraweera-c93199 taking a bullet, Sri Lankan cricket board has continued to support Pakistan and had said that they will tour Pakistan if they are given security assurances.
Talks were underway between the two boards and International Cricket Council (ICC), but following a terrorist attack on Pakistan’s Naval Base, Mehran in Karachi, Sri Lanka has decided to decline the offer from Pakistan Cricket Board for a tour citing security reasons. On Sunday Pakistan Cricket Board had said that they have sent an official invitation to the Sri Lankan Cricket board for a tour that is scheduled to be held in October this year.
Sri Lankan cricket spokesman said that the board is understandably concerned about the security situation in Pakistan, and that is the obvious reason behind the refusal by Sri Lanakan board. "We are concerned about the security and that's why we said no to them," said a Sri Lanka cricket spokesman.”
DS de Silva, the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755, I have asked the secretary to inform the Pakistan Cricket Board today [Tuesday] of the decision”.
Pakistan has hosted all of its home series away from home in the last few years, and Sri Lankan board has also asked Pakistan to host the series on a neutral venue in Sri Lanka.The stement http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Read-c84446, "We have instead requested Pakistan to host the matches in Colombo or at a neutral venue like Dubai or Abu Dhabi”.
International Cricket Council, the governing body of Cricket, has to also give the tour a http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 has also not given security clearance for the tour. "The circumstances, with regards to security, don't allow us to play matches there [Pakistan]. Even the International Cricket Council has not given us security clearance," de Silva said.
Pakistan and Sri Lankan cricket boards have always had a strong relationship. Back in 1996, when World Cup was co-hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Peter-Willey-c81951 stand by PCB and help them out in every possible way that they can.
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