Abu Dhabi to hold Pakistan talks

Abu Dhabi Cricket Association boss Dilwar Mani plans further talks with the Pakistan Cricket Board about having more games in the neutral venue. Abu Dhabi and Dubai are already due to host Pakistan's limited overs games against Australia next month, and New Zealand could go there later this year. That could extend to England, who are scheduled to play four Tests and five one-day matches in Pakistan in 2010. "The decision must be made between the two cricket boards," Mani told the BBC. England are due to tour Pakistan in February and March next year, but in the wake of the attacks in Lahore it appears unthinkable that those matches will go ahead there. Mani said he had not yet been approached about staging some of England's matches but told me he would be 'delighted' to step in as host. ''Should any country require our assistance and facilities we can make them available," said the chief executive.