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Giles Clarke, the head of the International Cricket Council’s Task Team on Pakistan, promised on Monday (March 6) to bring a World XI to Pakistan in September this year after the safe and successful staging of the Pakistan Super League final in Lahore on Sunday, an official said.
The Pakistan Cricket Board successfully staged the PSL final in Lahore on Sunday, despite two deadly bomb blasts in the city last month.
Clarke, who visited Pakistan to oversee security arrangements in Lahore in January before a renewed wave of terrorism which killed over 120 people in Pakistan and 23 in Lahore alone, praised the successful staging of the final.
“Giles has written a letter to me and has praised the successful and safe staging of the PSL final and has promised to bring a World XI to Pakistan in September this year,” Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, told Wisden India.
However, a similar effort failed last year due to financial problems as even former stars were demanding big money in risk-high Pakistan, where teams have refused to tour since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore.
Shaharyar said all financial matters would be finalised in good time to avoid a repeat of last year’s abandonment of the plan.
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The Pakistan Cricket Board successfully staged the PSL final in Lahore on Sunday, despite two deadly bomb blasts in the city last month.
Clarke, who visited Pakistan to oversee security arrangements in Lahore in January before a renewed wave of terrorism which killed over 120 people in Pakistan and 23 in Lahore alone, praised the successful staging of the final.
“Giles has written a letter to me and has praised the successful and safe staging of the PSL final and has promised to bring a World XI to Pakistan in September this year,” Shaharyar Khan, the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman, told Wisden India.
However, a similar effort failed last year due to financial problems as even former stars were demanding big money in risk-high Pakistan, where teams have refused to tour since the 2009 attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore.
Shaharyar said all financial matters would be finalised in good time to avoid a repeat of last year’s abandonment of the plan.
http://m.wisdenindia.com/full-story.php?category=News&id=244596&