Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has reworked the itinerary for the home series against Sri Lanka, adding two One-day Internationals to it in place of a twenty20 game.
Saleem Altaf, the PCB chief operating officer, said on Monday that the Sri Lankans will arrive in Pakistan on January 19 immediately after their tour of Bangladesh and will play three Tests and five ODIs here subject to the approval of the new itinerary.
Altaf, a former Pakistan Test pacer, said that the tentative itinerary for the series was revised on the request of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). “We received an email today from Sri Lanka, requesting us to delete the twenty20 game and instead add two one-dayers in the itinerary for the series,” said Altaf. “The PCB official decided with mutual consent to accept the request,” he said.
Altaf said that the PCB has sent the revised schedule to SLC. Pakistan were initially planning to hosts Sri Lanka for three Tests, three one-dayers and a twenty20 game. Karachi was to open the series with the twenty game, followed the first game of the ODI series here. Lahore was to host the next two one-dayers and the opening Test, followed by the last two Tests in Multan and Karachi.
It is expected now that the two added ODIs will be played in Multan and Faisalabad. The PCB is hurriedly preparing for the series against Sri Lanka that was lined up after Indian cancelled their tour of Pakistan over last month’s terror attacks in Mumbai. The Indians were supposed to play three Tests, five one-dayers and a twenty20 game during January-February.
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Saleem Altaf, the PCB chief operating officer, said on Monday that the Sri Lankans will arrive in Pakistan on January 19 immediately after their tour of Bangladesh and will play three Tests and five ODIs here subject to the approval of the new itinerary.
Altaf, a former Pakistan Test pacer, said that the tentative itinerary for the series was revised on the request of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC). “We received an email today from Sri Lanka, requesting us to delete the twenty20 game and instead add two one-dayers in the itinerary for the series,” said Altaf. “The PCB official decided with mutual consent to accept the request,” he said.
Altaf said that the PCB has sent the revised schedule to SLC. Pakistan were initially planning to hosts Sri Lanka for three Tests, three one-dayers and a twenty20 game. Karachi was to open the series with the twenty game, followed the first game of the ODI series here. Lahore was to host the next two one-dayers and the opening Test, followed by the last two Tests in Multan and Karachi.
It is expected now that the two added ODIs will be played in Multan and Faisalabad. The PCB is hurriedly preparing for the series against Sri Lanka that was lined up after Indian cancelled their tour of Pakistan over last month’s terror attacks in Mumbai. The Indians were supposed to play three Tests, five one-dayers and a twenty20 game during January-February.
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