Thursday, August 2, 2012

World XI tour to Pakistan postponed again

By Ubaid Awan


KARACHI (TheSportsNext) August 2, 2012: The long-awaited World XI tour to Pakistan has once again been postponed due to unavailability of top Pakistan cricketers for the series, Dr. MA Shah told local media on Wednesday evening.

This is the second time that the World XI tour Pakistan has been postponed. The last time it was cancelled in May 2012 after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) ordered Dr. MA Shah to postpone the two-match series as the Pakistan cricket team was preparing for the Sri Lanka tour.



Dr MA Shah, who is renowned for his service to the game of cricket in Pakistan, said, “The PCB allowed only Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, and Saeed Ajmal to play against the World XI but we wanted all players of the national team”.

It is important to mention here that the World XI is due to tour Pakistan to play two Twent20 matches in Karachi in a bid to restore confidence of international teams in playing in terror-hit Pakistan. The series organizers claimed that former Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya, Justin Kemp, Charl Langeveldt, Paul Adams, Andre Nel, Richard Levi and Jerome Taylor had shown their willingness to tour and play in Pakistan.

Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah revealed, “Now the two T20 matches between World XI and PCB XI will take place on 9th and 10th of October in Karachi just after the 2012 ICC World Twenty20”.

He added that the PCB has informed that the top Pakistani cricketers would be available after the Australia series therefore it has been decided to organize these matches in first half of October.

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