Australia is set to tour Pakistan in full force as no player has so far expressed any objection to travel to the country, which has hosted top-flight international cricket for nearly a decade due to security concerns. was not found.
The last time Pakistan hosted an ICC on its own soil was when it co-hosted the 1996 World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009 ensured that Test cricket remained closed until 2019.
Last year, ahead of the T20 World Cup, after New Zealand and England withdrew from the tour of Pakistan citing security concerns, the Kiwis withdrew at the eleventh hour.
Although Australia were on track for their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years, national selector George Bailey termed the security plans “very, very strong and very, very thorough”.
Bailey told reporters, “I believe the board is still working through some of the small details around that tour, so we will announce the squad once we get the formal approval, but we Very down the track.” According to Cricket Australia website Tuesday.
The last time Australia toured the Asian nation was in 1998 under the captaincy of Mark Taylor.
all positive
It’s all positive as far as the Pakistan tour is concerned but uncertainty remains over the resumption of the Sheffield Shield season, even if the selectors may not need to see a performance there to pick a team after Australia’s 4-0 Ashes win. . “Whether or not we need to (watch any Shield cricket), I’m not quite sure what chance we’ll get,” Bailey said.
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