Australia is set to tour Pakistan in full force as no player has so far expressed any objection to travel to the country, which has hosted top-flight international cricket for nearly a decade due to security concerns. was not found.
The last time Pakistan hosted an ICC on its own soil was when it co-hosted the 1996 World Cup with India and Sri Lanka. The terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009 ensured that Test cricket remained closed until 2019.
Last year, ahead of the T20 World Cup, after New Zealand and England withdrew from the tour of Pakistan citing security concerns, the Kiwis withdrew at the eleventh hour.
Although Australia were on track to launch their first tour of Pakistan in 24 years, national selector George Bailey termed the security plans “very, very strong and very, very thorough”.
“I believe the boards are still working through some of the small details around that tour, so once it gets the formal tick of approval we will announce the squad post, but we are quite down the track,” Bailey told reporters on Tuesday, according to Cricket Australia’s website.
The last time Australia toured the Asian nation was in 1998 under the captaincy of Mark Taylor.
This is all positive as far as the tour of Pakistan is concerned, but uncertainty remains over the resumption of the Sheffield Shield season, even if the selectors had to consider the Shield’s performance to pick the team after Australia’s 4-0 loss to England. Don’t need to watch.
“Whether or not we need to (watch any Shield cricket), I’m not quite sure what chance we’ll get,” Bailey said.
“But one thing that I think we should be really okay with is that we have to accept what we get at the moment and be flexible.
“I think that was one of the great things about why the players were doing so well in the Ashes and there were probably a lot of players who got a good bank of Shield cricket before that series.
Bailey said, “Whether it is for Pakistan or not, you would certainly expect that there is an opportunity for some Shield cricket at some stage because of the competition and people keep improving and showing their wares. “
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