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Monday, March 05, 2012

Will write to ICC about Pak Tour: BCB Chief


LAHORE: The Chief of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Mustafa Kamal said that they wanted to tour Pakistan and would write to the ICC in this regard.

Kamal holding a news conference alongside PCB Chief Zaka Ashraf said he was satisfied with the security arrangements in Pakistan and was awaiting the return of international cricket to the country.

Zaka Ashraf said that Pakistan was a secure country for cricket and was hopeful that the ICC would not be a barrier in international cricket returning.

He said he would work with Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf for getting permission from the ICC to bring back international cricket to Pakistan.

Earlier, the security team visiting Pakistan to review the security arrangements was briefed by the country’s officials and the BCB president was looking satisfied.

He expressed his willingness for sending Bangladesh cricket team here to play a series of One-day Internationals.

The delegation reviewed the security measures at the National Stadium in Karachi and the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.

The delegation will go back to Bangladesh tomorrow to submit a report to its government on security arrangements in Pakistan for the matches.