Afghanistan cricket team
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has put on hold its ongoing discussions with the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) regarding Afghanistan’s proposed tour of Pakistan in this April, due to the latest attack in Lahore that 70 people and injured several on Sunday.
According to Associated Press, Amjad Bhatti, a PCB spokesperson, told that negotiations with the Afghanistan cricket board were ongoing, but added, “but now the tour is called off due to overall security situation in the country,”
Owing to the bomb blast, Azizullah Fazly, the executive director of the Afghanistan cricket team, requested Pakistan board to guarantee complete security, and deemed PCB’s reaction as ‘unacceptable’.
We gave them another option, to hold the championship in Dubai, which would be good because many people from both countries live there. But we havent yet received any response, Fazly said.
Afghanistan were to follow Zimbabwe’s suit and become only the second men’s team to tour Pakistan since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009. The Associate Nation was scheduled to play a three-match One-Day International (ODI) series next month.
Source: cricbuzz