Thread: Australia Cancel Pakistan Cricket Tour

From the BBC

Australia have cancelled their tour of Pakistan until further notice because of security fears.
A Cricket Australia (CA) spokesman told BBC Sport: "The tour has been deferred until a time to be agreed between the two boards in the future."
Pakistan Cricket Board chief operating officer Shafqat Nagmi said the board was "disappointed" that the tour, which was set to begin on 29 March, was off.
The decision comes in the wake of a series of bomb attacks in Pakistan.
CA commissioned an independent security report on Pakistan before deciding not to travel.
"Purely and simply it was a decision based on the security of players and support staff," said CA spokesman Philip Pope.
"We took the best available information, both from our government and our own independent security analysis.
"Whatever the private views of the players may have been, we took expert advice and spoke to our very close colleagues at the PCB about the situation."
The spokesman added CA had been talking to the PCB for the past four days and that they had been "very, very helpful".
"We haven't toured there for a long time and we very much wish to tour Pakistan again," he added.
"We understand that it (cricket) is the number one sport in Pakistan, that the Pakistan cricket supporters wish to see Australia playing in Pakistan, and we wish to play in Pakistan."
Australia are still set to tour the West Indies later this year. Australia leave for the Caribbean on 9 May.

That'll make the monkey happy...bet he recovers from his "injuries" now...twat that he is...

Can't really blame them....but I will.Bloody pansies!

CH: Do you remember the NZ cricketers in Sri Lanka when the bomb went off outside their hotel...how long ago was that?...scary experience for sure...

^Yep,they saw bits of bodies everywhere.

Were worried they would loose!
Ponting resigns as captain?

^The only manly thing to do...

Yeah and the kiwis have never cancelled a tour in Pakistan have they?

Not in my immediate memory.

Shame would have been a good series

MY VOTE!1

well SA v India coming up

No good comes of taking risks in pakistan.

Steyn v Tendulkar.
fun to watch

Pakistan could be a bit of a sticky wicket

when is the match??

Can't really blame them. Recently two explosions, not very far from the stadium, killed at least 20 people.

will start a SA v IND thread later this month

March 26-30 Chennai
Worth a flight?

sorry to go off the thread, you from SA ??

Originally Posted by Zeth

sorry to go off the thread, you from SA ??

Will you give this SA bollocks a rest?

Originally Posted by Little Chuchok

Not in my immediate memory.

BBC SPORT | CRICKET | Kiwis cancel cricket tour

^ MM you are

^Christ Memock you are a real tosser sometimes...the Kiwi boys were there in the middle of the tour when this happened...

a big difference from the Aussie plonkers afraid to even go...

It is the third time that a New Zealand cricket tour has ended prematurely because of a bomb blast.
New Zealand returned home after an explosion following the first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1987.
And the the 1993 tour of the same country was cut short when a suicide bomber assassinated a high-ranking officer in the Sri Lankan navy outside the team's hotel.

Originally Posted by klongmaster

Christ Memock

You can stop bowing now.

I figured it would get a rise out of you klongy.

Originally Posted by klongmaster

Quote: It is the third time that a New Zealand cricket tour has ended prematurely because of a bomb blast. New Zealand returned home after an explosion following the first Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo in 1987. And the the 1993 tour of the same country was cut short when a suicide bomber assassinated a high-ranking officer in the Sri Lankan navy outside the team's hotel.

Those Sri Lankans must really hate you sheep shaggers