Ironically thisara Pareera have toured pakistan thrice.
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10 senior Sri Lanka players pull out of LOI tour of Pakistan (Sep-Oct 2019)
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Ironically thisara Pareera have toured pakistan thrice.
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It makes me worried that cricket is returning as one incident will set Pakistan cricket back.
Would it not be wiser to wait a little longer.
I don't blame Sri Lanka players from not wanting to tour, after all they were let down badly last time they visited.
Would it not be wiser to wait a little longer.
I don't blame Sri Lanka players from not wanting to tour, after all they were let down badly last time they visited.
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'Bilateral series is on': PCB amid top Sri Lankans pulling out of the tour
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday said the scheduled home series against Sri Lanka will go ahead despite top players from the island nation pulling out of the tour.
Most of the international teams have refused to tour Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during a Test match in Lahore in March 2009.
The Sri Lankan cricket board had given the freedom to its players to choose if they want to travel to Pakistan.
Twenty20 skipper Lasith Malinga and former captains Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera are among 10 players who have decided against travelling to Pakistan, citing security concerns.
"We understand the situation the Sri Lankan board is facing and we know they can't force any of their players to come for the tour which still remains very important for us," said a PCB official.
"If this tour is successful, then just think on what grounds would the Sri Lankan board or even the Bangladesh cricket board not agree to play the ICC World Test Championship matches in Pakistan.
Regardless of which player (s) are coming the fact is it is the Sri Lankan national team which will tour Pakistan from this month and that is what matters to the board," he added.
The Sri Lankan team will reach Karachi on September 25 and play three ODIs before going to Lahore for three T20 matches and return home on October 9.
Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Janith Perera, Dhananjaya De Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne have opted out of tour.
Kusal Mendis was not available for selection due to an injury he suffered during the New Zealand Series.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/spo...-lankans-pulling-out-of-the-tour-2031338.html
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday said the scheduled home series against Sri Lanka will go ahead despite top players from the island nation pulling out of the tour.
Most of the international teams have refused to tour Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during a Test match in Lahore in March 2009.
The Sri Lankan cricket board had given the freedom to its players to choose if they want to travel to Pakistan.
Twenty20 skipper Lasith Malinga and former captains Angelo Mathews and Thisara Perera are among 10 players who have decided against travelling to Pakistan, citing security concerns.
"We understand the situation the Sri Lankan board is facing and we know they can't force any of their players to come for the tour which still remains very important for us," said a PCB official.
"If this tour is successful, then just think on what grounds would the Sri Lankan board or even the Bangladesh cricket board not agree to play the ICC World Test Championship matches in Pakistan.
Regardless of which player (s) are coming the fact is it is the Sri Lankan national team which will tour Pakistan from this month and that is what matters to the board," he added.
The Sri Lankan team will reach Karachi on September 25 and play three ODIs before going to Lahore for three T20 matches and return home on October 9.
Niroshan Dickwella, Kusal Janith Perera, Dhananjaya De Silva, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dinesh Chandimal and Dimuth Karunaratne have opted out of tour.
Kusal Mendis was not available for selection due to an injury he suffered during the New Zealand Series.
http://www.newindianexpress.com/spo...-lankans-pulling-out-of-the-tour-2031338.html
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As long as our stadiums are being used, atleast they will be maintained and not left to rot. Any games are positive.
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Good for Pakistan. Get those free ranking points
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This decision may have more to do with what happened on Easter in SL recently. Whole nation is still traumatized.
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Lahiru Thirimanne and Dasun Shanaka will lead the Sri Lanka ODI and T20 teams to Pakistan after several senior players including ODI skipper Dimuth Karunaratne and T20 skipper Lasith Malinga pulled out of the tour citing security reasons.
Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and three T20 internationals in Lahore and Karachi-- a decade after the Sri Lankan team was ambushed by gunmen in 2009.
Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dananjaya de Silva, Kusal Janith Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, and Thisara Perera were among the other senior cricketers to pull out from the tour.
In their absence, the national selectors have appointed two young squads for the series.
In 2017, Sri Lankan cricketers played a single T20 match in Lahore despite a number of high profile pull-outs that had forced the authorities to send a weakened team under Thisara Perera for the three-match series. Sri Lanka lost the series 3-0.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been urging SLC to play the two-match Test series in there but SLC agreed only to a limited-over leg spread over two weeks (3 ODIs and 3 T20s).
Pakistan has promised the sort of “foolproof security” accorded to top VIPs for the players.
https://www.islandcricket.lk/news/l...naka-will-lead-odi-and-t20-teams-to-pakistan/
Sri Lanka will play three ODIs and three T20 internationals in Lahore and Karachi-- a decade after the Sri Lankan team was ambushed by gunmen in 2009.
Angelo Mathews, Suranga Lakmal, Dananjaya de Silva, Kusal Janith Perera, Akila Dananjaya, Dinesh Chandimal, Niroshan Dickwella, and Thisara Perera were among the other senior cricketers to pull out from the tour.
In their absence, the national selectors have appointed two young squads for the series.
In 2017, Sri Lankan cricketers played a single T20 match in Lahore despite a number of high profile pull-outs that had forced the authorities to send a weakened team under Thisara Perera for the three-match series. Sri Lanka lost the series 3-0.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has been urging SLC to play the two-match Test series in there but SLC agreed only to a limited-over leg spread over two weeks (3 ODIs and 3 T20s).
Pakistan has promised the sort of “foolproof security” accorded to top VIPs for the players.
https://www.islandcricket.lk/news/l...naka-will-lead-odi-and-t20-teams-to-pakistan/
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Pakistan is not Afghanistan. Lots of international events happening in Pakistan.
You should think before you post...get a min or two and google what I have mentioned..
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ehsan Mani, has made it clear that the home series against Sri Lanka will go ahead as per schedule, despite some of the top Sri Lankan players pulling out of the tour.
"As far as I am concerned, the tour is going ahead. Where's the problem?”, Mani told Sportstar on Tuesday.
A total of 10 cricketers from Sri Lanka had pulled out of the tour on Monday, forcing Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to name a weakened side for the limited overs bilateral series, which begins in Karachi from September 27.
In the two-week long tour — longest series to be hosted in Pakistan since the terror attack on Sri Lankan team bus in 2009 — the two teams are scheduled to play three ODIs and as many T20Is. Mani, however, was not to keen on commenting on Sri Lanka’s team selection issues. “That is the matter of the Board (SLC) to announce their teams. You have to ask them about it,” he said.
With stars like Lasith Malinga, Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews deciding not to travel to Pakistan, the SLC had to pick a relatively young side. The board had a meeting with the players in Colombo on Monday, where they were apprised of the security management in Pakistan. “We asked them whether they are comfortable in travelling to Pakistan. Whoever had issues, pulled out. There was nothing in writing. The players were given freedom to decide,” Sri Lanka’s chief selector, Ashantha de Mel, told this publication.
Pakistan hasn’t hosted a high-profile team for a full-length tour ever since the terrorist attack in 2009. The Lankan team travelled to Lahore for a day to play a lone T20I fixture in October, 2017. However, ICC World XI and the West Indies have played short T20I series in Pakistan in the last two years.
The Sri Lankan team is scheduled to reach Pakistan on September 25.
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...a-pullout-safety-concerns/article29383058.ece
"As far as I am concerned, the tour is going ahead. Where's the problem?”, Mani told Sportstar on Tuesday.
A total of 10 cricketers from Sri Lanka had pulled out of the tour on Monday, forcing Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) to name a weakened side for the limited overs bilateral series, which begins in Karachi from September 27.
In the two-week long tour — longest series to be hosted in Pakistan since the terror attack on Sri Lankan team bus in 2009 — the two teams are scheduled to play three ODIs and as many T20Is. Mani, however, was not to keen on commenting on Sri Lanka’s team selection issues. “That is the matter of the Board (SLC) to announce their teams. You have to ask them about it,” he said.
With stars like Lasith Malinga, Dimuth Karunaratne and Angelo Mathews deciding not to travel to Pakistan, the SLC had to pick a relatively young side. The board had a meeting with the players in Colombo on Monday, where they were apprised of the security management in Pakistan. “We asked them whether they are comfortable in travelling to Pakistan. Whoever had issues, pulled out. There was nothing in writing. The players were given freedom to decide,” Sri Lanka’s chief selector, Ashantha de Mel, told this publication.
Pakistan hasn’t hosted a high-profile team for a full-length tour ever since the terrorist attack in 2009. The Lankan team travelled to Lahore for a day to play a lone T20I fixture in October, 2017. However, ICC World XI and the West Indies have played short T20I series in Pakistan in the last two years.
The Sri Lankan team is scheduled to reach Pakistan on September 25.
https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cric...a-pullout-safety-concerns/article29383058.ece
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Good thing SLC didn't offer NOCs to players who wanted to play other leagues during the tour, the players should prove that security was really the reason they didn't go by staying home.
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Sri Lanka has gone the way of the Windies. IPL and the rest of the T20 leagues are slowly destroying international cricket. You will be left with the big three playing with themselves.
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Refusal to visit Pakistan: Sri Lankan cricket board takes strong action against players
COLOMBO - Over the issue of Refusal to visit Pakistan, Sri Lankan cricket board takes strong action against players.
As per media report, The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has taken action against players who refused to visit Pakistan.
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has dismissed the players' decision as wrong, denouncing them over national duty and going against the Code of Conduct.
The board has also decided not to grant NOC for foreign leagues to players who refused to visit Pakistan.
According to Sri Lankan media, the board is of the view that NOC will not be given to players who are skip from national duty.
According to sources, the Sri Lankan board believes that denial of national duty is a violation of the Code of Conduct.
Sri Lankan cricket team is to visit Pakistan for 3 one-day and 3 Twenty20 matches, for which senior players have reportedly refused visit to Pakistan.
https://timesofislamabad.com/10-Sep...ket-board-takes-strong-action-against-players
COLOMBO - Over the issue of Refusal to visit Pakistan, Sri Lankan cricket board takes strong action against players.
As per media report, The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has taken action against players who refused to visit Pakistan.
The Sri Lankan Cricket Board has dismissed the players' decision as wrong, denouncing them over national duty and going against the Code of Conduct.
The board has also decided not to grant NOC for foreign leagues to players who refused to visit Pakistan.
According to Sri Lankan media, the board is of the view that NOC will not be given to players who are skip from national duty.
According to sources, the Sri Lankan board believes that denial of national duty is a violation of the Code of Conduct.
Sri Lankan cricket team is to visit Pakistan for 3 one-day and 3 Twenty20 matches, for which senior players have reportedly refused visit to Pakistan.
https://timesofislamabad.com/10-Sep...ket-board-takes-strong-action-against-players
It seems to me we have two things going on.
The leading players were never in a million years going to visit Pakistan. Even some who did before they had a wife and kids can't take the risk now.
But the Pakistan and Sri Lankan Boards have supported each other when other teams have been boycotting visits, and so they were keen to make it happen.
Ultimately, the problems here are:
1. The PCB seems incapable of understanding the reality of the situation. Until you have at least a decade without any attacks then most foreign players who can afford not to tour Pakistan will refuse to tour Pakistan. The best comparison is unfortunately Algeria: they still get practically no western visitors 25 years after the government commenced its campaign against religious extremism.
By the standards which lead people to claim that Pakistan is safe to tour, then Algeria would be safe to visit. But no westerners do.
2. The Sri Lankan Board seems not to understand that if a player or his wife is afraid to tour a country, no threat is going to change his or her mind.
The leading players were never in a million years going to visit Pakistan. Even some who did before they had a wife and kids can't take the risk now.
But the Pakistan and Sri Lankan Boards have supported each other when other teams have been boycotting visits, and so they were keen to make it happen.
Ultimately, the problems here are:
1. The PCB seems incapable of understanding the reality of the situation. Until you have at least a decade without any attacks then most foreign players who can afford not to tour Pakistan will refuse to tour Pakistan. The best comparison is unfortunately Algeria: they still get practically no western visitors 25 years after the government commenced its campaign against religious extremism.
By the standards which lead people to claim that Pakistan is safe to tour, then Algeria would be safe to visit. But no westerners do.
2. The Sri Lankan Board seems not to understand that if a player or his wife is afraid to tour a country, no threat is going to change his or her mind.
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Air Marshal Roshan Goonetileke's security advice for the forthcoming Pakistan tour may not have convinced the senior players to play there but those who have agreed to board the flight were highly impressed with his presentation, according to the source, who attended the briefing on Monday.
Speaking exclusively over telephone from Colombo, the source said,
"The players have been assured the Prime Minister-level security. The security, which Imran Khan gets in Pakistan, or those Prime Ministers, who visit the country and get security, will be given to the Sri lankan players".
"The team (and the match officials) will be provided the bullet proof buses. Security cars and jeeps ahead and back of team bus will follow and the roads will be closed both the time while team leaves for the ground and in the return. The route for the team bus will be kept secret till the last minute".
"About 8,500 security people will be deployed at the team hotel and at the ground", the security expert explained to the players.
"The PCB wants the resumption of game in the country and very very tight security will be provided and the authorities won't take any chance".
"Yes, players-those who have agreed to travel and also those who have refused, did ask several questions", the source further added.
The briefing was attended by SLC president (Shami Silva), hon. secretary (Mohan De Silva) and the CEO, Ashley de Silva. The president and the CEO did address the players.
Training camp
A training camp for the players will be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama.
"The camp will be held at the High Performance Centre (HPC) from 16th September for about six days", the chief selector, Ashantha De Mel, said.
Selectors have chosen Lahiru Thirimanne and Dasun Shanaka as captains for the ODI and T20I series.
https://www.bdcrictime.com/imran-khan-level-security-for-sri-lankan-team/
Speaking exclusively over telephone from Colombo, the source said,
"The players have been assured the Prime Minister-level security. The security, which Imran Khan gets in Pakistan, or those Prime Ministers, who visit the country and get security, will be given to the Sri lankan players".
"The team (and the match officials) will be provided the bullet proof buses. Security cars and jeeps ahead and back of team bus will follow and the roads will be closed both the time while team leaves for the ground and in the return. The route for the team bus will be kept secret till the last minute".
"About 8,500 security people will be deployed at the team hotel and at the ground", the security expert explained to the players.
"The PCB wants the resumption of game in the country and very very tight security will be provided and the authorities won't take any chance".
"Yes, players-those who have agreed to travel and also those who have refused, did ask several questions", the source further added.
The briefing was attended by SLC president (Shami Silva), hon. secretary (Mohan De Silva) and the CEO, Ashley de Silva. The president and the CEO did address the players.
Training camp
A training camp for the players will be held at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama.
"The camp will be held at the High Performance Centre (HPC) from 16th September for about six days", the chief selector, Ashantha De Mel, said.
Selectors have chosen Lahiru Thirimanne and Dasun Shanaka as captains for the ODI and T20I series.
https://www.bdcrictime.com/imran-khan-level-security-for-sri-lankan-team/
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"SLC should penalise players who have opted out of the Pakistan tour" : Javed Miandad
ISLAMABAD: The best Sri Lankan players opting out of their upcoming tour of Pakistan should not be a problem for the hosts according to former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad.
Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three One-day Internationals and as many T20s in Karachi and Lahore respectively with the first ODI on Sept 27.
However, citing security fears, Sri Lanka’s top players, namely T20 skipper Lasith Malinga, former captains Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera and Niroshan Dickwella have decided not to visit Pakistan for the limited-overs games.
“It does not matter which Sri Lankan players visit and Pakistan must only look to put up their best performances regardless of the visitors’ squad quality,” Miandad told APP.
Miandad, however, believed that Sri Lanka Cricket should take action against their players who prioritise foreign T20 leagues over international duty.
“International matches should be the top priority for the players and SLC should penalise the ones who have opted out of the Pakistan series,” the 62-year-old said.
Miandad said the series will help Pakistan make a good start to their international cricket calendar which also includes series against Australia and Bangla*desh. He said playing Sri Lanka at home will give Pakistani players confidence.
The right-hander, who amassed 8,832 runs in 124 Tests for Pakistan, said Pakistan batsman should try to aim higher and improve their averages. He urged them to try and get 200 runs whenever they make a century.
“This will help them improve their mentality,” said Miandad.
The Karachi-born legend said the Pakistan Cricket Board should use former players to work with blossoming cricketers at the grassroots level. Miandad also urged the board to work on school and club cricket.
“A player after making it to the national team cannot learn the way a youngster can,” he said.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1505389
ISLAMABAD: The best Sri Lankan players opting out of their upcoming tour of Pakistan should not be a problem for the hosts according to former Pakistan captain Javed Miandad.
Sri Lanka are scheduled to play three One-day Internationals and as many T20s in Karachi and Lahore respectively with the first ODI on Sept 27.
However, citing security fears, Sri Lanka’s top players, namely T20 skipper Lasith Malinga, former captains Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal, Suranga Lakmal, Dimuth Karunaratne, Thisara Perera, Akila Dhananjaya, Dhananjaya de Silva, Kusal Perera and Niroshan Dickwella have decided not to visit Pakistan for the limited-overs games.
“It does not matter which Sri Lankan players visit and Pakistan must only look to put up their best performances regardless of the visitors’ squad quality,” Miandad told APP.
Miandad, however, believed that Sri Lanka Cricket should take action against their players who prioritise foreign T20 leagues over international duty.
“International matches should be the top priority for the players and SLC should penalise the ones who have opted out of the Pakistan series,” the 62-year-old said.
Miandad said the series will help Pakistan make a good start to their international cricket calendar which also includes series against Australia and Bangla*desh. He said playing Sri Lanka at home will give Pakistani players confidence.
The right-hander, who amassed 8,832 runs in 124 Tests for Pakistan, said Pakistan batsman should try to aim higher and improve their averages. He urged them to try and get 200 runs whenever they make a century.
“This will help them improve their mentality,” said Miandad.
The Karachi-born legend said the Pakistan Cricket Board should use former players to work with blossoming cricketers at the grassroots level. Miandad also urged the board to work on school and club cricket.
“A player after making it to the national team cannot learn the way a youngster can,” he said.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1505389
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However I appreciate what the sri lankan board are doing to the players who are not visiting. Not allowing them to play in the CPL is a brilliant idea
However I appreciate what the sri lankan board are doing to the players who are not visiting. Not allowing them to play in the CPL is a brilliant idea
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Thank God they didn't come. Kusal parera would have murdered our bowlers. We would have lost ODIs as well. And i guess that would have been a blessing in disguise actually.
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KARACHI: Honorary secretary of Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) Mohan De Silva, sounding ecstatic over his team’s performance on the ongoing Pakistan tour, said that he was not surprised at the performance of some young players who are very talented.
Talking to this correspondent from Colombo, Mohan De Silva said he always knew that there were players who were waiting for an opportunity to show their skills and they have done that.
“It has been a blessing in disguise for us that some of the senior players didn’t want to go as that gave the opportunity to these guys who grabbed it with both hands,” said Mohan.
“Now some of the senior players will find it very difficult to get into the side.”
The honorary secretary, who firstly oversaw the security arrangements in Pakistan with his team and then visited Karachi during the ODI series as well, said that security arrangements in Pakistan were fantastic as promised.
To a question regarding the possibility of Sri Lanka’s Test team’s tour to Pakistan later this year, the Honorary SLC secretary expressed optimism. “With regards to the Test series, we will have to look at the players availability as there is still some time, but I am quite positive about it,” concluded Mohan.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1509786/s...tan-proves-blessing-in-disguise-slc-secretary
Talking to this correspondent from Colombo, Mohan De Silva said he always knew that there were players who were waiting for an opportunity to show their skills and they have done that.
“It has been a blessing in disguise for us that some of the senior players didn’t want to go as that gave the opportunity to these guys who grabbed it with both hands,” said Mohan.
“Now some of the senior players will find it very difficult to get into the side.”
The honorary secretary, who firstly oversaw the security arrangements in Pakistan with his team and then visited Karachi during the ODI series as well, said that security arrangements in Pakistan were fantastic as promised.
To a question regarding the possibility of Sri Lanka’s Test team’s tour to Pakistan later this year, the Honorary SLC secretary expressed optimism. “With regards to the Test series, we will have to look at the players availability as there is still some time, but I am quite positive about it,” concluded Mohan.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1509786/s...tan-proves-blessing-in-disguise-slc-secretary
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