Bangladesh postpone Pak series at home

The Bangladesh Cricket Board has postponed this months home series with Pakistan due to security concerns...

The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has postponed this months home series with Pakistan due to security concerns,the board said in a statement on Thursday. We have been advised by the home ministry to postpone the tour until further notice, BCB media chief Jalal Yunus said,adding We were ready to go with the series and Pakistan also had no problem to tour,but the government felt it is not the right time to host an international series.

Pakistan were due to arrive in Bangladesh on Saturday to play two Twenty20 matches and five one-day internationals against the hosts from March 10 to 22. Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Ejaz Butt said the tour had been postponed by two weeks and new dates would be announced later.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) has asked the Bangladesh board to beef up security in light of what happened with the Sri Lankan team in Lahore. So the Bangladesh board requested us to postpone the tour by two weeks and we said fine, Butt said. After Tuesdays incident we have to go through our government and get clearance for our tours, he added.

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The decision comes after the Sri Lanka team was attacked by gunmen on Tuesday. Bangladesh have security concerns of their own following last weeks mutiny at the headquarters of a paramilitary unit in Dhaka which killed at least 80 people.

Bangladesh captain Mohammad Ashraful was disappointed the series had been postponed but said that security is most important.

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