The chairman of the Afghanistan Cricket Board, Azizullah Fazli, will go to Lahore on Sunday and meet along with his Pakistani counterpart, Ramiz Raja, to discover organising a white-ball collection between the 2 nations.
A dependable supply within the Pakistan Cricket Board confirmed that Fazli will probably be in Lahore to satisfy with Raja.
“Fazli is expected to ask the PCB to send its team for a one-day series this year,” the supply mentioned.
Afghanistan was as a consequence of host Pakistan for a maiden bilateral ODI collection in Sri Lanka in early September however the rubber was postponed after the Taliban took over the nation.
The supply conceded that the PCB would discover it exhausting to take a closing resolution on Fazli’s invitation because the Pakistan authorities is but to recognise the Taliban authorities.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has mentioned it’s considering banning the conflict-ridden nation from collaborating within the upcoming T20 World Cup T20 if the Taliban authorities doesn’t enable ladies to participate in cricket actions.
Quite a lot of Afghanistan’s ladies footballers and a few cricketers have moved to different nations when the Taliban took over Kabul, fearing a backlash from the novel group.
“It is a dicey state of affairs in the intervening time though Pakistan is clearly brief on worldwide cricket after the way in which New Zealand deserted their collection in Pakistan and returned residence and after the England board additionally referred to as off their tour to the nation.
“Add to the postponed series by Afghanistan and there is no doubt that Pakistan desperately needs international matches but, given the status of the Taliban government, the PCB faces a difficult decision,” the supply mentioned.
Afghanistan is positioned in Pakistan’s group within the T20 World Cup.
Related Posts
Add A Comment