ACB waits for next Pak move

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said today it would like to go ahead with its tour of violence-wracked Pakistan in October but insisted P...

The Australian Cricket Board (ACB) said today it would like to go ahead with its tour of violence-wracked Pakistan in October but insisted Pakistani authorities had to first prove the players would be safe. “The ACB’s position on this is that we would like the tour to go ahead,” an ACB spokesman said.

“We are waiting on the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) to submit notification on their latest preferred option.

“We haven’t had any correspondence (with the PCB).”

The spokesman insisted the ball was in Pakistan’s court regarding the three-Test tour of Pakistan with no assurances received over the players’ safety.

“The ACB isn’t in the drivers seat on this issue because it’s a Pakistan series. There’s no decision been made at this stage,” an ACB spokesman said. “We continue to receive advice from our (foreign affairs) experts in our day-to-day monitoring of the tour going ahead in Pakistan.”

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