Australia Tour to Pakistan

it's very disapointing that there will be no cricket (by the look of it) and the PCB are spot on in saying that no other teams have any problems coming to PAK, had it been a 9 on 1 or 8 on 2, in terms of teams against touring PAK, it would have been understandable.

moreover, the ICC are not even sending their own team to analyse the situation and security in PAK, i they find it safe then they can surely ask AUS to go ahead with the tour, it' s really sad that AUS are turning out to be very infamous team in the subcontinent, be it IND, PAK or SLN, and by the look of it, the crowds are going to love it should they lose in the champions trophy this year and in the WC three years later.

farhat was very harshly treated right throught his career, no doubts about that, hameed is a good player but unfortunately he has failed to deliver in whatever little chances he has got since his comeback.  

what kind of wickets are they playing these game on and how good are bowlers otherwise these scores, quite frankly, are meaningless. I quite liked some of the games that were played in Ranji this season. Good batsman were getting scores while bowlers were also getting wickets. 

Pitches are damn flat. And Balochistan side is perhaps the weakest among the regional sides. I dont reallly rate this knock of Butt very highly given the opposition bowling attack. But no doubt that he is in some kind of form no matter how easy the conditions maybe.

does it mean there is no hope of australia coming zuhair???

the tour is "postponed" as they say, and i can tell you looking at australia's and pakistan's cricketing calender, there is no way that they can schedule the tour anytime this year.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi It has ben canceelled officially today after another blast here in LAhore.   I cant recall when was the last time a test team (excluding BD or ZIm) played just a couple of test matches for the entire year. 2009 doesnt look very good eithr, with first test in July next year!!   I am not a hug fan of ICC rankings, but it will definately send abd signals to the plyers. What about the form and fitness of the players? Somebody got to look in

That won't happen zuhair simply because the subcontinental sides want more one day cricket.  It's more popular with the fans over there and generates much more money.   It's not a new phenomenon either -historically tours to that region have led to wrangles over the itinary.  England always wanted more tests , India and Pakistan in particular , wanted a plethora of one dayers and were happy to sacrifice a test or two.
     Tis a pity about the cancellation of the Aussie series , but it didn't come as any surprise to me.

Originally posted by Sledger That won't happen zuhair simply because the subcontinental sides want more one day cricket.

Zuhair i am also a pakistani love to watch cricket in Pakistan, but this as a foreigner. How can any team tour Pakistan.

Originally posted by zuhair_abbasi   Its not that Sub-continent sides want more ODIs..the boards do. But doesnt there exist a need that all tams should be made to play equal number of matches..atleast test matches.

as you know zuhair, sadly the boards aren't really all that interested in what the players want (or need), it's all about chasing the pot of gold

It dosen't matter who the targets are, civilians get are getting hurt and you can't guarentee the players safety, no matter how you try and make the bombings a no issue.

That was expected from you 143!! Rather i was expecting a rather bitter comment from your side. Well, you are far away from here and you know no nothing about the situation here. I would love to read your comments when the same Austalian team will tour Pakistan in the IPL off season

Edited by zuhair_abbasi - 11 March 2008 at 10:55am

Yes if it is only a postponment!!! Which i fear is not the case!!! A fear of sending even the security team is beyond me. International squash championship is starting tomorow in pakistan. With 42 players from westrn countries touring. GOD save them 

the idea of a neutral venue simply won't work kahmed, i'd still love to see the tour go on at a neutral venue, but logically PAK should never agree to it, it can eventually mean "no cricket" in PAK and a bankrupt PCB, in a few years time the national team can be in danger running out of sponsors, youngsters and everything else.