Bangladesh refuse to play Tests in Pakistan [PCB to meet BCB in Dubai - Update Post#175]

[Abdullah719]

At a media briefing in Dhaka after the meeting, BCB chief Nazmul Hassan said the government had told the board it can go ahead with a tour of Pakistan but keep it "short" due to the Iran-US tensions.

This essentially means Bangladesh can play a T20I series but not Tests, which was the same line that the BCB had taken in December.

The BCB will now speak to the PCB about its decision. "We are clear cut, but let's see how they react," Hassan said. "As far as security is concerned, T20 is a better option.

"They should be happy that we still want to go to play T20s. We just wanted rescheduling [of the Tests], not saying we won't tour."

"This is the best thing we can offer to Pakistan."

https://t20ipl.com/2020/01/12/bcb-gets-government-clearance-only-for-short-tour-of-pakistan/


Other reports indicate that PCB have yet to be told about this decision


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The escalation of tensions in the Middle East has raised new concerns for the government, and they have therefore directed the men’s national team to not have a long tour of Pakistan

The Bangladesh Cricket Board will continue to insist on a short tour of Pakistan, BCB President Nazmul Hassan said Sunday.

The BCB president made the announcement at Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium following a four-hour long meeting of the board.

The escalation of tensions in the Middle East has raised new concerns for the government, and they have therefore directed the men’s national team to not have a long tour of Pakistan.

Nazmul clarified that Bangladesh never had any issue with travelling to Pakistan and that this is evident as the BCB had always offered to tour Pakistan but for a three-match T20Is series, while asking to reschedule the Test series. It is now on the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to determine the future of the series.

Political tension has been rising in the Middle-East following the death of Iranian major general Qasem Soleimani of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps earlier this month. US President Donald Trump admitted to authorizing the killing of Soleimani outside an airport in Baghdad.

“Taking a government order is regular practice ahead of any tour, and this has been the same for touring Pakistan. We shared the schedule of the full series with the agencies and their observation has been that the situation in the Middle-East is different. Considering the escalating tension in the particular region, they have advised us to hold the shortest tour possible. They have advised us to play the three T20Is within the shortest possible time, and then to go for the Test series at a different time,” Nazmul told the media.

“We are going to communicate the same thing to the PCB once we receive the letter from the government,” the BCB chief added.

Nazmul emphasized that the BCB supports international cricket getting back to in Pakistan in proper, and for that reason the board has always said they would like to play T20I series.

“It is tough to go beyond a government order. We also want to see international cricket get back to Pakistan. It is a significant development for them that national teams from Sri Lanka and West Indies have already toured the country. But, at this moment for us only a short tour is possible,” Nazmul said.

“The things that are happening in Middle-East have no certainty. We understand that a fool-proof security arrangement will be in place for us, but things are happening despite security. The best of intelligence is not being able to stop occurrences. Anything can happen at any time, but still we are fine with touring Pakistan,” he added.

The Tests in the schedule are part of the ongoing ICC Test Championship. Nazmul said the BCB is yet to determine the consequences of not playing the Tests, but there are strong reasons that cannot be overlooked.

“When the ICC Test Championship was planned, we all knew the matches were to be played at a neutral venue [UAE]. But that has changed. Now, they are hosting matches in Pakistan. We need to see if other teams such as England, Australia and others will tour Pakistan for Test Championship matches,” Nazmul said.

“I am travelling to Dubai tomorrow [Monday] for an ICC meeting and I will try to find out what is actually happening or what is to happen if these matches [Tests] are not played,” the BCB boss added

https://www.dhakatribune.com/sport/cricket/2020/01/12/tigers-pakistan-tour-in-limbo


Pictures from the meeting

 

[Rana]

Thanks. Ball in ICC’s court.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Why they done this drama for days
They could have said it earlier

 

[WhenSultansBowled]

I am disappointed especially when I consider how PCB were more than helpful to BD and Afghans during their early days.

 

[Afhan Ali]

Thanks. Ball in ICC’s court.

ICC will not do anything

 

[liam26]

Lol Bangaldesh strikes again.

 

[Theo_14]

Better than nothing.

Win situation for Pak because they are willing to play in Pakistan. They have a deadline to play the test series; if they pass the deadline and do not tour then points have to go to Pakistan.

BCB have made themselves look to incompetence throughout this lol. The fact they used Middle East tension as a reason sums up their intelligence. You acknowledge external tension, but you are still willing to tour for a short series? Say with your chest that you don’t want test status to be back with Pakistan.

I still believe they will tour for one test series later.

 

[Ronaldo7]

When are we going to play?
I thought the series was supposed to be played in January.

 

[Afhan Ali]

This is the response of what we done few years ago

Ju karo ge wo baro ge

 

[omairsiddiqui]

This is the response of what we done few years ago

Ju karo ge wo baro ge

What did we do??

 

[Afhan Ali]

I will not be surprised if PCB reject this offer of t20 series
They are also quite incompetent

 

[Afhan Ali]

What did we do??

We didn't go there for the series couple of years ago

 

[MRSN]

really surprised how BCB has used Iran-US conflict as one of security concerns for cancelling the test series.

 

[Slim]

This needs a cool, well constructed and long term response.

We have an asia cup coming soon this year, this needs to be taken into account.

1) Play the t20Is in Pakistan, tell ICC we wont play tests anywhere else. Put this in ICC's court now. Whatever they decide, accept it.

2) Get the Asia cup which is a t20I tournie, to be conducted successfully.

3) Shadow ban players for participating in next years BPL. No need to make an announcement out of it.

4) Bangladesh to be asked to play tests in UAE for their return leg. Simply return the favour.

5) Once we get more teams touring us, Bangladesh wont matter and their bargaining power will turn to zero.

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

This board is as incompetent and pathetic as it's country

PCB should being back all it's players from BPL

They did it in 2012 and the BPL had to be cancelled for two three years

 

[Rellu_Katta]

only one word.. pathatic .... board and players were happy to play in psl ...not in tests... looks like they will do anything for money .. hmmmm trying to think of another "will do ANYTHNIG for money" side

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

We didn't go there for the series couple of years ago

We don't want to play against pathetic minnows

 

[Slim]

This board is as incompetent and pathetic as it's country

PCB should being back all it's players from BPL

They did it in 2012 and the BPL had to be cancelled for two three years

Not right now, after the Asia cup. Calmly and slowly but we shall strike.

 

[MRSN]

This was quite a political move as US-Iran conflict has nothing to do with the Pakistan. Seems like a petty excuse and nothing solid.

 

[Afhan Ali]

We don't want to play against pathetic minnows

This is not about minnows
We are also minnows

This is about regular return of cricket in Pakistan

Hope PCB can solve this matter sensibly

 

[MenInG]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan has confirmed that Bangladesh are only prepared to play three T20Is in Pakistan, but no Test matches <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvBAN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1216369865113640962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BCB chief Nazmul Hassan says the Bangladesh Government has told the Board it can go ahead with a tour of Pakistan but keep it “short” due to the current Iran-US tensions <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvBAN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1216374481553412096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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[Markhor]

May 2027:

BCB Chairman announces the cancellation of the proposed tour of Pakistan due to tensions between the hog farmers of Cuba and Vanuatu.

 

[Theo_14]

This was quite a political move as US-Iran conflict has nothing to do with the Pakistan. Seems like a petty excuse and nothing solid.

Funny thing is... They are willing to play Pakistan in UAE. UAE.

 

[saeed5646]

This is not about minnows
We are also minnows

This is about regular return of cricket in Pakistan

Hope PCB can solve this matter sensibly

Why a bd fan is so worried about Pakistan cricket.Attention seeking?

 

[HappyWarsFan]

Ok fair enough but the IS-Iran excuse is a poor one.

 

[aloo paratha]

Cancel the entire series. PCB shouldn't bend to accommodate BCBs idiotic conditions.

 

[Slim]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan has confirmed that Bangladesh are only prepared to play three T20Is in Pakistan, but no Test matches <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvBAN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1216369865113640962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-partner="tweetdeck"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BCB chief Nazmul Hassan says the Bangladesh Government has told the Board it can go ahead with a tour of Pakistan but keep it “short” due to the current Iran-US tensions <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PAKvBAN?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PAKvBAN</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Cricket?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Cricket</a></p>— Saj Sadiq (@Saj_PakPassion) <a href="https://twitter.com/Saj_PakPassion/status/1216374481553412096?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 12, 2020</a></blockquote>
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Iran US tensions? Uh, isnt UAE more unsafer from this POV? BCB is filled with brainless buffoons.

 

[Shafi]

Who know Mani mr. soft may accept the T20s proposal.

 

[saeed5646]

No one would've question bd board decision if they had taken it earlier .Stretching decision that far is beyond pathetic and unprofessional behaviour

 

[moghul]

Due to US-Iran tension BD will visit only for T20 and not tests , hilarious. BD people are are smart but not there cricket boss , could have come out with better excuse. They were not agree even before the killing of Sulemani .

Apparently they want US , Iran and Israel to make a peace deal only then they will play tests , till then T20 and PSL . More pressure on Trump now .

 

[moghul]

Thanks BD , we don’t want to your team come this way now , keep playing with India , if they let you .

 

[Barragan]

Get the 3 match T20I series done.

After that, call them back for 1 Test match, just one Test should be enough and they can't refuse because it isn't much longer than a 3 match T20I series.

 

[cricketjoshila]

This needs a cool, well constructed and long term response.

We have an asia cup coming soon this year, this needs to be taken into account.

1) Play the t20Is in Pakistan, tell ICC we wont play tests anywhere else. Put this in ICC's court now. Whatever they decide, accept it.

2) Get the Asia cup which is a t20I tournie, to be conducted successfully.

3) Shadow ban players for participating in next years BPL. No need to make an announcement out of it.

4) Bangladesh to be asked to play tests in UAE for their return leg. Simply return the favour.

5) Once we get more teams touring us, Bangladesh wont matter and their bargaining power will turn to zero.

1 and 3 arr very much doable.

5 will depend on a few factors.

Regarding number 2. If Pakistan is hosting the Asia cup in Pakistan, it will have a bigger problem than BD to tackle.

Regarding number 4, what will be the reason why Pakistan will refuse to tour BD, when everyone else will tour?

 

[gazza619]

Lets play the T20s in Pakistan.

In the long run BD does not matter to the future of Pakistan cricket or in general to the future of cricket.

 

[light]

So ... Us-iran tension has what to do with Pakistan? Am I missing something here?

 

[Hawkeye]

I would have believed them.

But.. the Middle East tension excuse is hilarious. ) ) That gives it away, that they have a malicious intention to begin with. They had no excuse left, as security has been cleared.

Now they come up with a new one, the tension which is now already defused. Heck, UAE is the direct target in this conflict and they're happy with going there.

I'm not a believer in conspiracy theories. But here, it's clear they want to hurt us, either because of a past grudge or the policy of their current govt, and reliance on IND/BCCI.

The only thing I care about are championship points. Throw all your effort in securing those points.

Once we're sure we're getting those points, go all berserk, publicly, at the BCB. Until then, adopt a calm and calculated approach.

 

[Artaxerxes]

PCB should not beg BCB to play Pakistan.Bangladesh is not a top class team after all.Pakistan should try to play as many matches as it can with Australia,New Zealand,South Africa and England.

 

[CricketDon]

For a board that’s seen around as long as India and Pakistan. A bird that has done absolutely nothing. Literally didn’t squat. A team that is being overtaken by Afghanistan who have just entered the game. They sure do have an attitude problem. Anyway

If PCB had any spine and they were the cornered tigers they would:

Call back all Pakistani players and not five NOC.
Withdraw Bangladeshi players from the PSL
Isolate them and not agree toT20 games.
Put the ball in the ICC court and ask for the points or drop out the series.

Enough is enough.

 

[Afhan Ali]

BCB just beat PCB as the most incompetent cricket board in the World.

These type of excuses put the whole bangla cricket fans into shame.

 

[Afhan Ali]

For a board that’s seen around as long as India and Pakistan. A bird that has done absolutely nothing. Literally didn’t squat. A team that is being overtaken by Afghanistan who have just entered the game. They sure do have an attitude problem. Anyway

If PCB had any spine and they were the cornered tigers they would:

Call back all Pakistani players and not five NOC.
Withdraw Bangladeshi players from the PSL
Isolate them and not agree toT20 games.
Put the ball in the ICC court and ask for the points or drop out the series.

Enough is enough.

Do these things with cool mind
Not now

 

[big_gamer007]

PCB cancelled tour of Bangladesh few years ago, they got butt hurt how could Bangladesh refuse to tour to Pakistan and cancelled tour because of ego. The way they (PCB and Pakidtani's) treat Bangladeshis is appalling. They need to change their attitude and accept BD and its people as equal.

I think both boards are incompetent here and have handled situation poorly based on the ego, however, IMO PCB and Pakistani's have come across as egoistic and having a false air of superiority over BCB/Bangladesh in general.
Bangladesh board and players came across as hypocrites and greedy seeing how they are happy to spend month in Pakistan during PSL.

 

[Ronaldo7]

PCB cancelled tour of Bangladesh few years ago, they got butt hurt how could Bangladesh refuse to tour to Pakistan and cancelled tour because of ego. The way they (PCB and Pakidtani's) treat Bangladeshis is appalling. They need to change their attitude and accept BD and its people as equal.

I think both boards are incompetent here and have handled situation poorly based on the ego, however, IMO PCB and Pakistani's have come across as egoistic and having a false air of superiority over BCB/Bangladesh in general.
Bangladesh board and players came across as hypocrites and greedy seeing how they are happy to spend month in Pakistan during PSL.

Doubt BCB had anything to do with this.
It's the anti pakistan government that are causing this to happen

 

[Rana]

ICC will not do anything

Do you work for them?

Wait for it.

 

[big_gamer007]

Doubt BCB had anything to do with this.
It's the anti pakistan government that are causing this to happen

Maybe, but both sides have handled it pretty badly. It's still not too late, PCB should host the T20 series and then once they succeed they can host test series later.

It's still a win-win for Pakistan cricket if PCB let's go of their ego and think logically.

Even SL played LOI's first before test matches. Take slow steps at a time, once BD tours for test matches they can try and pursuade other teams for T20s.

No point ruining relations with BD like this.

 

[Saj]

No surprise at all.

BCB has been hinting at this from the start and looking for any excuse. US-Iran issue is a blessing for the BCB.

 

[Slim]

1 and 3 arr very much doable.

5 will depend on a few factors.

Regarding number 2. If Pakistan is hosting the Asia cup in Pakistan, it will have a bigger problem than BD to tackle.

Regarding number 4, what will be the reason why Pakistan will refuse to tour BD, when everyone else will tour?

The participating countries are SRL, Bangla, India, Nepal (?) and Afghanistan.

India can play their matches in UAE.

SRL and Bangla would have already completed their t20I tours by then, no excuse to not play?

Nepal will surely play, and Afghanistan has no reason not to play.

So, only india's matches and maybe the final can be conducted in UAE.

Pakistan will simply refuse to tour BD for test matches as Pakistani team doesnt feel safe due to "government approval"

 

[Pete Rose]

Not sure if this is sensible thing to say - ‘they should be happy that we still want to go to play t20’
Also a bit weird to bring up Iran - US tensions now given their reservations about touring Pakistan for tests were there even before these tensions.

Seems like BCB spokespersons have got the PCB foot in mouth disease.

 

[Pete Rose]

Maybe, but both sides have handled it pretty badly. It's still not too late, PCB should host the T20 series and then once they succeed they can host test series later.

It's still a win-win for Pakistan cricket if PCB let's go of their ego and think logically.

Even SL played LOI's first before test matches. Take slow steps at a time, once BD tours for test matches they can try and pursuade other teams for T20s.

No point ruining relations with BD like this.

Shouldn’t have said ‘they should be happy we are touring for t20’

 

[Ronaldo7]

The participating countries are SRL, Bangla, India, Nepal (?) and Afghanistan.

India can play their matches in UAE.

SRL and Bangla would have already completed their t20I tours by then, no excuse to not play?

Nepal will surely play, and Afghanistan has no reason not to play.

So, only india's matches and maybe the final can be conducted in UAE.

Pakistan will simply refuse to tour BD for test matches as Pakistani team doesnt feel safe due to "government approval"

Afghanistan probably won't play in Pakistan. Their government really don't like Pakistan

It'd be hilarious if Afghan players use the excuse of security

 

[big_gamer007]

Shouldn’t have said ‘they should be happy we are touring for t20’

They aren't the brightest people either. Should sit down together and talk like mature adults.

 

[Saj]

The way they (PCB and Pakidtani's) treat Bangladeshis is appalling. They need to change their attitude and accept BD and its people as equal.

Yes, how dare PCB invite BCB for a full tour, with proper security. Appalling isn't it.

 

[Titan24]

This was the BD's stance to start with few weeks ago. So what was the purpose of all the theatrics, they could have cleared in from the word go unless they wanted to find a better excuse and in the end they selected Iran-US tensions as a topping which just appeared on the scene.

ICC needs to come in to decide how are the test championship points going decided once a team decides to not tour a country or asking for rescheduling without any fact based excuses.

 

[jnaveen1980]

IT is definitely odd. If security is the issue you should abandon the whole tour.

 

[Markhor]

I'm expecting to take flack for this but once the anger subsides we have to look at this issue rationally because we cannot browbeat our way to a solution.

Let's be honest, even if we were to persuade Bangladesh to tour for Tests, how many teams in world cricket bar Sri Lanka are willing to do likewise ? Are we saying the chances of England, Australia and New Zealand touring for Tests is a serious possibility any time soon ? Most international teams haven't visited Pakistan for 10-15 years for ANY form of cricket. Many Test cricketers are specialists who haven't played in leagues like PSL so haven't even experienced the security situation for themselves.

We made the mistake of thinking the Sri Lanka Test series was a watershed and normal service would resume. And believe me I'm desperate to get the hell outta UAE. However in reality, Sri Lanka were always likely to be the first team to tour Pakistan for Tests because PCB has shared a special and close bond with SLC for decades and so the two boards have always gained political favours from each other. However other boards are harder to convince so what's the solution to avoid going through this drama before every home series ?

I think Pakistan can and should convince, other boards to play limited overs series in Pakistan. White ball cricket in Pakistan should be the default position. It's a short tour for the players who don't need to worry about a prolonged stay in the country that a Test series will entail. Australia haven't toured since 1998, England haven't since 2005, New Zealand haven't since 2003 and South Africa haven't since 2007. Let's at least break the ice with white ball cricket instead of an all-or-nothing mindset that'll get us nowhere. Hopefully from there Tests will follow.

Obviously your starting point to negotiations should be for all home internationals to be staged in Pakistan. But if there's resistance from players and families then you've no option to compromise unless you want no home internationals whatsoever. BCB have dragged out this saga appallingly but PCB needs to learn the calculated game of diplomacy because ICC ain't docking points from every team that refuse to tour.

 

[Babbar]

This excuse of US-Iran boxing match is too funny! It’s either sheer incompetence of BCB or they are just mocking PCB for what they did to Bangla cricket earlier by making excuse that even an idiot like me can parse.

Overall it’s a bad decision. But hopefully BCB will visit Pak later in 2020 or 2021 for a test series.

 

[Rellu_Katta]

have seen some dumb **** coming from BCB but this is next level... lol ...what next?

i think they were scared to teeth, given only decent player is banned and didnt want the thrashing

 

[big_gamer007]

Yes, how dare PCB invite BCB for a full tour, with proper security. Appalling isn't it.

Why PCB cancelled the tour earlier to BD? Every country in the world has apprehensions about touring Pakistan, SENA hasn't toured for decades. Yet, when BD shows some cncerns, PCB's ego got hurt and they cancelled tour. Any competent board would have talked it out with BCB, listen to their concerns and try to take one step at a time.

The fans on the other hand called all sorts of names to Bangladesh and their players.

Even SL played LOI's first before test matches, so why can't BCB?

The sense of entitlement PCB seems to have about BCB and Bangladesh is weird. BCB aren't the brightest tools either but PCB have messed this up.

My earlier post was edited so I think I can't comment more about the reasons since they wont be cricket related and will just get deleted. However, PCB and BCB should act like cricket boards and sort this mess out. PCB should invite BD to T20 series, hold it successfully and then invite for test matches few months later. That's the best way to go forward.

BCB on the other hand should stop giving any more statements to media and work with PCB behind closed doors. Daily statements are not helping their case either.

 

[Shafi]

Only positive thing is “No easy ride for Misbah and Waqar, they have to deliver”

 

[IAJ]

Of course this is some sort of payback stuff from BD. When SL can come and play Test cricket why can’t BD?

 

[Usman Chadda]

This is the response of what we done few years ago

Ju karo ge wo baro ge

Brush up on your history before mouthing off rubbish here. The breakdown in PCB-BCB relationship started due to a certain BCB chief, who made empty promises and then made a u-turn citing 'government interference'.

 

[KingOfPakBreakfast]

I'm expecting to take flack for this but once the anger subsides we have to look at this issue rationally because we cannot browbeat our way to a solution.

Let's be honest, even if we were to persuade Bangladesh to tour for Tests, how many teams in world cricket bar Sri Lanka are willing to do likewise ? Are we saying the chances of England, Australia and New Zealand touring for Tests is a serious possibility any time soon ? Most international teams haven't visited Pakistan for 10-15 years for ANY form of cricket. Many Test cricketers are specialists who haven't played in leagues like PSL so haven't even experienced the security situation for themselves.

We made the mistake of thinking the Sri Lanka Test series was a watershed and normal service would resume. And believe me I'm desperate to get the hell outta UAE. However in reality, Sri Lanka were always likely to be the first team to tour Pakistan for Tests because PCB has shared a special and close bond with SLC for decades and so the two boards have always gained political favours from each other. However other boards are harder to convince so what's the solution to avoid going through this drama before every home series ?

I think Pakistan can and should convince, other boards to play limited overs series in Pakistan. White ball cricket in Pakistan should be the default position. It's a short tour for the players who don't need to worry about a prolonged stay in the country that a Test series will entail. Australia haven't toured since 1998, England haven't since 2005, New Zealand haven't since 2003 and South Africa haven't since 2007. Let's at least break the ice with white ball cricket instead of an all-or-nothing mindset that'll get us nowhere. Hopefully from there Tests will follow.

Obviously your starting point to negotiations should be for all home internationals to be staged in Pakistan. But if there's resistance from players and families then you've no option to compromise unless you want no home internationals whatsoever. BCB have dragged out this saga appallingly but PCB needs to learn the calculated game of diplomacy because ICC ain't docking points from every team that refuse to tour.

Completely agree with this. Plus, if you look at Papon's statement, they've asked for the is Tests to be rescheduled. Once they come for T20s, they have no excuse but to come for a test tour at a later date

 

[ahmedzee]

PCB cancelled tour of Bangladesh few years ago, they got butt hurt how could Bangladesh refuse to tour to Pakistan and cancelled tour because of ego. The way they (PCB and Pakidtani's) treat Bangladeshis is appalling. They need to change their attitude and accept BD and its people as equal.

I think both boards are incompetent here and have handled situation poorly based on the ego, however, IMO PCB and Pakistani's have come across as egoistic and having a false air of superiority over BCB/Bangladesh in general.
Bangladesh board and players came across as hypocrites and greedy seeing how they are happy to spend month in Pakistan during PSL.

The situation that you are referring to in the past was very different. We don’t need google for this as I remembered what happened back then what Kamal was bcb president. Pakistan toured bd for Asia cup, full series and even held their home series there in bd considering bd would come for a limited over series to Pakistan. When it came time to come, guess what happened? Deja vu, similar thing as nowadays. Pakistan then refused a series with bd as they wanted bd to play a home series with Pakistan first in Pakistan. That is still pending. So there you go, my two cents on what is wrongly informed by you to posters here.

 

[Lonewarrior]

first, i was against PCB to invite BD team for tour,
now i said, invite them for 3 t20s. you need to think long term to handle such kind of attitude, if someone wants to play dirty politics thn we will also play dirty politics when time comes.

 

[Ronaldo7]

So let me get this straight:
They don't want to play in Pakistan due to the Iran-US standoff.

But they are willing to play in the UAE (the Middle East) where the conflict is )

Where's the logic?

 

[Pete Rose]

I'm expecting to take flack for this but once the anger subsides we have to look at this issue rationally because we cannot browbeat our way to a solution.

Let's be honest, even if we were to persuade Bangladesh to tour for Tests, how many teams in world cricket bar Sri Lanka are willing to do likewise ? Are we saying the chances of England, Australia and New Zealand touring for Tests is a serious possibility any time soon ? Most international teams haven't visited Pakistan for 10-15 years for ANY form of cricket. Many Test cricketers are specialists who haven't played in leagues like PSL so haven't even experienced the security situation for themselves.

We made the mistake of thinking the Sri Lanka Test series was a watershed and normal service would resume. And believe me I'm desperate to get the hell outta UAE. However in reality, Sri Lanka were always likely to be the first team to tour Pakistan for Tests because PCB has shared a special and close bond with SLC for decades and so the two boards have always gained political favours from each other. However other boards are harder to convince so what's the solution to avoid going through this drama before every home series ?

I think Pakistan can and should convince, other boards to play limited overs series in Pakistan. White ball cricket in Pakistan should be the default position. It's a short tour for the players who don't need to worry about a prolonged stay in the country that a Test series will entail. Australia haven't toured since 1998, England haven't since 2005, New Zealand haven't since 2003 and South Africa haven't since 2007. Let's at least break the ice with white ball cricket instead of an all-or-nothing mindset that'll get us nowhere. Hopefully from there Tests will follow.

Obviously your starting point to negotiations should be for all home internationals to be staged in Pakistan. But if there's resistance from players and families then you've no option to compromise unless you want no home internationals whatsoever. BCB have dragged out this saga appallingly but PCB needs to learn the calculated game of diplomacy because ICC ain't docking points from every team that refuse to tour.

I am fine with PCB throwing toys out of the pram in a calculated manner, but largely agree with the above. Invite them for t20, express disappointment about the tests, but move forward happily. They will come for tests eventually.

 

[Amjid Javed]

As expected pathetic delay tactic followed by a comical excuse for a short tour.

PCB should just cancel the tour pathetic stuff as expect from BCB.

 

[MenInG]

Cricket was suspended in Pakistan for quite a long time since the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009. But in recent times, teams like Zimbabwe, West Indies and Sri Lanka toured Pakistan and especially, Sri Lanka's tour was more significant as they played Test matches there.

Bangladesh have a scheduled tour in Pakistan in January later on and a lot has been going on between Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) regarding the tour as the BCB were willing to play only T20s whereas the PCB wanted the Test matches to be played at the moment as the Tests were a part of the World Test Championship (WTC). After PCB's continuous insistence of playing Test matches, BCB were ready to play one Test there for now, but things have changed now as the Bangladesh government has advised BCB to make the Pakistan tour as short as possible.

After BCB's annual meeting, the BCB President Nazmul Hassan informed the media that the board required a security clearance to tour Pakistan and the security personnel of the government have advised them to play only the T20s.

Nazmul said that they had provided the security agency with the whole fixture and as the T20s were at the beginning of the tour, BCB were advised to only play the T20s considering the escalating tension in the middle east regarding Iran and USA. He added that it was safer to play T20s as the T20s required lesser time than Tests and it would be easier to play them and return.

The BCB President also added that the PCB were informed verbally about this decision from the government but not officially but that will be done soon.

Questioned about PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani insisting on Bangladesh touring Pakistan, Nazmul said that they wanted cricket return to Pakistan unless they would have said straight away that they will not tour there.

Nazmul further added that Pakistan should be happy that Bangladesh were going and they cannot force Bangladesh to do anything.

Bangladesh's scheduled tour of Pakistan included two Tests and three T20s meaning that it would require around or more than three weeks to complete the full tour. Security measures have been a big concern regarding touring Pakistan as until very recent times, teams were unwilling to tour there and Pakistan had to use the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as their alternate home venue. Pakistan have been providing Presidential level security to the teams but a recent bombing in Quetta, which happened as recently as Saturday, have once again raised the eyebrows about the security of the players.

https://tbsnews.net/sports/government-recommends-bcb-not-stay-pakistan-more-week-35875

 

[dildilpak]

At the very least they could have come up with a better excuse than ‘US-Iran’ tensions. Talk about clutching at straws

 

[Lonewarrior]

[MENTION=9]Saj[/MENTION] [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] , so what team we can replace in our next FTP schedule ?
i know its after 2023, but still want to know.

 

[big_gamer007]

The situation that you are referring to in the past was very different. We don’t need google for this as I remembered what happened back then what Kamal was bcb president. Pakistan toured bd for Asia cup, full series and even held their home series there in bd considering bd would come for a limited over series to Pakistan. When it came time to come, guess what happened? Deja vu, similar thing as nowadays. Pakistan then refused a series with bd as they wanted bd to play a home series with Pakistan first in Pakistan. That is still pending. So there you go, my two cents on what is wrongly informed by you to posters here.

Exactly the sense of entitlement which PCB and Fans have against BD.

Why was BD expected to tour when no one else in the world was touring? You can't force someone to tour Pakistan at that time, PCB should have handled it diplomatically and taken small steps at a time.

Instead they went in all gung-ho and cancelled the series. Should have invited BD for a couple of T20s in 1 city like they did with world X1 or SL initially. Cancelling the series was an own goal which PCB did.

SENA don't tour, India will probably not tour in atleast 4 years, who is left? You make BD your enemy because of your ego. Only SL left and WI.

Even today it's not too late, think rationally and come to your senses, the fake ego won't help PCB, they need BCB in their corner of they want cricket to return full time in Pakistan.

 

[saeed5646]

This is huge setback for pcb since 9th rank team have cancel the tour for test series.

 

[MRSN]

The situation that you are referring to in the past was very different. We don’t need google for this as I remembered what happened back then what Kamal was bcb president. Pakistan toured bd for Asia cup, full series and even held their home series there in bd considering bd would come for a limited over series to Pakistan. When it came time to come, guess what happened? Deja vu, similar thing as nowadays. Pakistan then refused a series with bd as they wanted bd to play a home series with Pakistan first in Pakistan. That is still pending. So there you go, my two cents on what is wrongly informed by you to posters here.

I don't know why some Indian brothers forget this. looks like history is not their best subject.

 

[barah_admi]

ICC will not do anything

And that is the problem. The ICC needs to do its job and govern the game. It should declare Pakistan is safe to tour and if a team does not tour, they forfeit all possible points for the WTC. This is very simple and the PCB needs to pressure the ICC on this, it could probably get CSA, WI, NZC and one or two other boards to back it has it has done for other disputes in recent time.

Let's see how good this management is.

Also can't help but laugh at US-Iran being used as an excuse

 

[warcry]

oh well, play the t20s in pakistan, have them forfeit the tests, end of story.

oh yeah also suspend all players from playing in BPL, and basically NEVER tour bangladesh ever again.

Remember to cite security concerns every single time.
Cite world events happening millions of kilometers away eg bushfires in australia, rising oil prices etc anything that comes into your mind.

 

[big_gamer007]

I don't know why some Indian brothers forget this. looks like history is not their best subject.

You are missing the main point. Perception is the biggest thing which lets anyone make decision. You live in Pakistan and it was probably safe at that time for BD to tour, however, the perception takes time to change, especially considering a cricket team was targeted and attacked in broad daylight.

You shouldn't have got hurt and lost your marbles if BD refused to tour and cancel the tour, you should have talked to them diplomatically and try and get them to tour 1-2 T20s at a time.

I guess PCB felt let down by BD, but the way they acted showed their immaturity.

Easy to pass snide remarks on internet, let's be better than that and discuss without such taunts. If you, being a good respectable poster can't do that then no point discussing furtheron these boards.

 

[MoJoJoJo]

The recent development suggests that the BCB is also considering to put up a proposal to PCB to split the test series.. Play one, fly out and then to comeback for the second one.. No official word on this matter till now from PCB so fingers crossed.. But BCB is really making a mess of this situation.

 

[Usman Chadda]

What a flimsy excuse. The BCB has thoroughly humiliated themselves on the world forum. They are well within their rights to not tour Pakistan, but this is as big a farce as the one that happened back in 2012.

 

[Mirpur express]

Couldn’t care less about playing Bangla!! They should be told not to bother at all. Just to spice up the next game in a ICC tournament, on the funnier side their main man looks like a 65yrs Sarfraz Ahmed &#55357;&#56834;

 

[Bleedgreen4ever]

This is not about minnows
We are also minnows

This is about regular return of cricket in Pakistan

Hope PCB can solve this matter sensibly

We are not minnows

Grow up

Pakistan finished 5th place in the WC almost made it to the semis but one game against SL was washed off

We are much much bettertest team than them. Even ads has beaten them in tests.

We have the likes of Imran, Wasim, Waqar, Inzamam, Hanif and even Babar
Apart from Shakib this pathetic two faced country hasn't produced a single quality cricketer

BCB is not even fit to polish Pakistani cricketers shoes.

Look at their league it's hilarious how the only quality cricketers they have are from Pakistan

No wonder their league got cancelled for 2-3 years

 

[Bewal Express]

At least it makes BD look important.