ISLAMABAD – South Africa’s tour to Pakistan in March will come withlogistical challenges for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
South Africa end their tour to India on March 18 and PCB intend to makethem stay in Dubai – until the Pakistan Super League (PSL) ends on March 22- and then fly them directly to Islamabad for a three-match T20 series inRawalpindi, ESPNCRICINFO has reported.
Cricket South Africa (CSA), meanwhile, is set to send a security delegationheaded by security expert Rory Steyn to Pakistan next month during the PSL,to assess the security arrangements.
The reconnaissance, ESPNcricinfo understands, comes because CSA is intentto go through a process of physically checking security before formallyapproving the tour. It is, understandably, a players associationrequirement as well.
“The tour of South Africa is very much a waiting game now and by the end ofthe month we should have a clear position,” Wasim Khan, PCB’s CEO, said.
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“Their head of security is expected in Pakistan during the initial games ofthe Pakistan Super League. He has all the security plans for each of thedifferent venues.
“He and the board of South Africa are very comfortable with touring. Wehave to make it work logistically as South Africa finish the tour of Indiaon 18 March and we don’t finish the PSL till March 22.
For them to go back and come again won’t be possible so we will have to seewhether we can have them sit in the UAE […] and provide them the supportand practice facilities, or we fly them straight in here and provide allthat here.”
