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Sunday, March 13, 2011

Punjab team to tour Pakistan next year

Pakistan will see the return of a foreign cricket team to the country in June this year after reaching an understanding with the India''s Punjab Cricket Association.
PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt confirmed that he had held successful negotiations with the Punjab Cricket Association for a bilateral series.
"The bilateral series will be played at the Punjab level.
In the first phase an Indian Punjab team will visit Pakistan in June this year to play two one-day matches and two T20 matches in different cities of Punjab," Butt said.
He said in September a Pakistan Punjab team would visit India to play the same number of matches in the Indian Punjab cities.
Butt said the Indian Punjab association had proposed the series and final touches were being given to holding the series.
"We are likely to host the matches in Lahore, Multan, Faisalabad and Rawalpindi under lights," Butt said.
Since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in March, 2009 no foreign team has visited the country for international or representative cricket because of security concerns.
Six Pakistani policemen and a van driver were killed in the attack which also left five Sri Lankan players wounded.
Butt said the Indians proposed to host their matches in Jallandhar, Ludhiana, Amritsar and Chandigarh.
He also disclosed that the governments of both countries had given the green signal for the series to be held and hoped it would pave the way for resumption of bilateral cricket at the senior level.
The PCB chief said the Indian cricket board had also allowed the IPCA to hold the series.
Butt said the Board was in touch with the provincial government to make all security arrangements for the series when the Indian Punjab team came to Pakistan and were also keen to see the series take place.
"It is a good sign that a foreign team is coming to Pakistan and we are also negotiating with the Sri Lankans.
Hopefully things might be brighter for Pakistan cricket this year," he added.
India has not played any bilateral cricket against Pakistan since the November 2008 terror attacks on Mumbai and also cancelled a full Test tour to Pakistan in early 2009. PTI Cor PM
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