Times of Islamabad

Another good news for cricket fans across Pakistan

Another good news for cricket fans across Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Another good news for cricket fans across Pakistan as afterSrilanka tour yet another international team is likely to land in Pakistanfor bilateral series.

Bangladesh Cricket Board official said on Saturday that they are expectingto take a decision regarding the upcoming tour of Pakistan by the next twoweeks.

BCB official said thatthey are yet to finalize the venue for the tour,scheduled next February though earlier BCB said that it would send asecurity inspection team to Pakistan to monitor the situation ahead ofplanned visits of men’s and women’s national team in the coming months.

Bangladesh women’s national team will tour to Pakistan in October to playthree Twenty20 internationals and two one-day internationals while themen’s national team is also scheduled to play two Tests and three Twenty20internationals in February next year.

Teams have been reluctant to visit Pakistan since a deadly militant attackon the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in 2009.

Pakistan could recently convince Sri Lanka to undertake a visit for threeODIs and as many Twenty20s. The series, which is currently going ahead,will end on October 9.