ISLAMABAD – Sri Lanka has called off Pakistan’s Under-19 team’s tour citingsecurity reasons in the country.
The decision was taken after Sri Lanka started a crackdown againstterrorist groups in the country following the Easter massacre which killedmore than 300 people last Sunday.
Pakistan U-19 team was supposed to leave for Sri Lanka on April 30. There,they were scheduled to play two four-day games and three one-day matcheswith the first game slated for May 3 in Galle.
However, now the turbulent security situation has forced Sri Lankan boardto postpone the series for an indefinite period, ESPNcricinfo reported.
“The tour has been postponed indefinitely,” an SLC official confirmed toESPNcricinfo, saying that the board took this decision because we didn’twant to take any chances.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had been monitoring the situation closely andsaid the doors would remain open for the tour in the future.
The boys in green are currently attending a five-day training camp inKarachi. The teenage cricketers’ next assignment is a tour of South Africain June-July.
Via: *ESPNlink*