LAHORE – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ehsan Mani will travelto South Africa on Monday on a mission to convince Cricket South Africa(CSA) to support the return of international cricket to the troubled nation.
Mani has said that his main priority remains to see the return of fullinternational cricket to Pakistan and the country again hosting ICC events.An official source in the board told PTI that Mani would also be persuadingthe South African cricket officials to continue their support for thereturn of international cricket to Pakistan as last year the World Elevenincluded several South African players.
“Mani will request them to also play a short limited over series sometimein 2019 in Pakistan,” the source said. Mani is also due to meet with thePakistan team players and management before the first Test from Boxing dayin Centurion and is expected to have a meeting with head coach MickeyArthur about plans for the coming World Cup in England.
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The PCB is already keeping its fingers crossed that Cricket Australia (CA)will agree to send its team to Lahore or Karachi next March to play atleast two One-Day Internationals, which are part of a five-match seriesscheduled in the UAE before the World Cup.
