ISLAMABAD – Test cricket might just return to Pakistan later this year withSri Lanka willing to send its players to Pakistan.
Sri Lanka could be open to playing at least one Test in Pakistan, after asecurity delegation visited Lahore and Karachi, and gave Sri Lankan CricketBoard “very positive feedback”.
Sri Lankan Cricket Board CEO Ashley de Silva said that the feedback we gotfrom the security team was very positive adding, “We’ll be talking to thePCB about some alternatives before we arrive at a decision. The governmentwill be consulted as well.”
The series against Sri Lanka, Pakistan’s first of the World TestChampionship, was originally supposed to be played at a neutral venue, butthe PCB made SLC an offer to play in Pakistan. With the offer in mind, SLCsent a security delegation headed by Mohan de Silva to assess securityarrangements.
It is noteworthy that Pakistan had offered Sri Lanka to play two testmatches in Karachi and Lahore. To check security arrangements, a delegationof SLC visited Pakistan.
According to SLC, the biggest challenge is to make players agree to play inPakistan on which cricket board is working.