ISLAMABAD: Pakistan cricket establishment on Thursday pulled a one-day match against Afghanistan which had been planned to take place in the town where US forces shot dead Osama bin Laden.
The game, the third in a sequence between Afghanistan and Pakistan’s second players, attracted media attention for being hosted in Abbottabad, where US Navy SEALs killed the world’s most-wanted man on May 2.
The fixture has been relocated to Islamabad.
Afghanistan, the first global team to tour Pakistan in additional than two years after militants attacked the Sri Lankan team in March 2009, will now occupy yourself matches in Islamabad on May 25, Rawalpindi on May 27 and Faisalabad on May 29.
“The itinerary… has been revised and now the Abbottabad contest will be played in Islamabad on May 25,” said the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
No official motive was given for the decision which was taken at a meeting on Thursday flanked by PCB chairman Ijaz Butt and Interior priest Rehman Malik.
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ohail Tanveer will lead Pakistan’s ‘A’ team, comprising of young players who have either been left out of the first squad or are being nurtured as future flair.
The Afghan team, coached by former Pakistan leader Rashid Latif, will arrive in Islamabad on May 24.
The war-ravaged nation has made speedy strides in international cricket, progressing in 2009 from ICC (International Cricket Council) division one to five, and securing one-day standing the similar year.
Afghanistan capable for last year’s World Twenty20 in the West Indies and also won the ICC Inter-Continental Cup in 2010, meant for countries who are not filled ICC members.
They beat Pakistan in the semi-final of last year’s Asian Games in China and went on to win a silver medal after behind to Bangladesh in the last.
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