Afghanistan Tour of Pakistan postpone After Lahore Terrorist Attack

Afghanistan Tour of Pakistan postpone

Pakistan Cricket Board holds on the coming tour of Afghanistan cricket team, which was decided earlier with Afghanistan Cricket Board. This tour was going to be conducted during the month of April. Now due to recent terrorist attack in the public park in Lahore, the tour is deferred. Kenya women cricket team was also scheduled to arrive in Pakistan to play the series, which is also called off now as there are some security concerns.

The talks were continued with Afghanistan and the three ODIs were going to be played in Pakistan and a four day game against Pakistan A. as the blast in Gulshan-e-Iqbal Park, which is 15 minutes away from Gaddafi Stadium and in this terrorist attack, about 70 people were killed and it has been decided that this tour should be cancelled now. Afghanistan wanted to play four ODIs against Pakistan from 15 April to 8 May, which would be played in Lahore and Karachi.

Kenya Women cricket team also visits Pakistan and the development program is made necessary and they have to play the series of matches against Pakistan women cricket team. The national cricket team of Afghanistan has already visited Pakistan in 2011 and it is going to play the series against Pakistan A, which was the first cricket against any international cricket team after the terrorist attack on the visiting cricket team of Sri Lanka in March 2009 in Lahore. The national cricket academy started its camp and now the government is going to start hosting the present series against Afghanistan.

Before this, Zimbabwe toured Pakistan and it has played three ODIs and two T20I the previous year and this series was successful because of heavy security arrangements. But no other international team is attracted to visit to Pakistan. Except the matches with Zimbabwe, Pakistan has to play all other home series on the neutral venues and most of the matches are being played in United Arab Emirates.

Afghanistan Tour of Pakistan postpone

Afghanistan Tour of Pakistan postpone

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