Zaheer Abbas requests Sri Lanka to send domestic teams to Pakistan – Cricket News Update
Former Test opener of Team Pakistan, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Syed-Zaheer-Abbas-Kirmani-c92392, has beseeched the Sri Lankan cricket authorities to allow their domestic cricket teams to visit and play in Pakistan, avowing that it is the ‘need of the hour’.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Abbas-c41488 forwarded this plea last night during a dinner, arranged in honour of Pakistan Panthers Veterans at Colombo.
Speaking to the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) high-ups, he urged them to send domestic teams to his homeland if they had reservations regarding sending the national squad.
The ex-cricketer, who represented the Men in Green in 78 Tests and 62 ODIs, postulated that Sri Lanka, being an immediate neighbor and friend of Pakistan, should have taken an initiative to end International cricket blackout from his country.
“The need of the hour is sending of teams to play in Pakistan. We desire http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 to play cricket in Pakistan. As a neighbors and friends in cricket its our humble request to let other Sri Lankan cricket teams to play against Pakistan if there are reservations
about sending the national team.”
Remember, Sri Lanka was the last overseas team to tour Pakistan in 2009. That tour printed indelible sour memories on the minds of the visitors who were confronted with a severe terrorist attack on March 3, 2009, in Lahore. The attack killed at least seven
people on the spot and left many other injured, including some Lankan cricketers.
Since then, no overseas team has dared to land on Pakistani soil. Furthermore, the nation was deprived of the hosting rights of the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 due to security concerns.
As the cricket loving Pakistanis are starving for international games, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) has sped up its efforts to urge foreign teams to play in Pakistan; however, no notable progress has been made in this regard.
Team Pakistan is set to play their ‘home series’ at United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) in the coming days.
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