KARACHI: Just lately topped World Twenty20 champions the West Indies have turned down a request from Pakistan to play matches within the nation as a consequence of safety fears, Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan stated on Monday.
Pakistan are as a result of host the West Indies in two Exams, 5 one-day and two Twenty20 internationals in September and October this yr.
Almost all of the nation’s residence collection have been performed within the impartial grounds of the UAE since a 2009 terrorist assault on the Sri Lankan cricket staff, however Pakistan had hoped the T20 leg of West Indies’ tour could possibly be performed in Lahore.
Khan stated: “We needed the Twenty20s to be performed in Pakistan and made an effort however the West Indies Cricket Board have refused saying they’ve safety fears, so the complete collection might be performed in (the) United Arab Emirates.”
The West Indies’ refusal got here after a suicide bomber killed seventy three individuals in a park in Lahore on Easter Sunday final month.
Pakistan hosted Zimbabwe for 2 Twenty20s and three one-day internationals in Lahore final yr hoping the tour would pave the best way for extra worldwide groups to go to — a hope that has but to be realised.
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