Bangladesh postpone tour to Pakistan

The Bangladesh high court on Thursday ordered the national team’s upcoming tour of Pakistan to be postponed for at least four weeks due to security fears. But the high court in Dhaka ordered the team to delay the visit by at least four weeks while Bangladesh cricket authorities explained why the tour should go ahead despite security worries. The Tigers were set to play a 50-over game and a Twenty20 international on April 29 and 30 in Lahore, the first international cricket matches in Pakistan for three years. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) released a strongly-worded statement voicing fury at the postponement of the Bangladesh tour. "It is astonishing to note that a matter lacking any legal issue has been dragged in the court by petitioners who appear to have vested interest and want to jeopardise Pakistan-Bangladesh cricketing relations," the statement said. Pakistan had hoped the tour would encourage other foreign teams to visit and ultimately pave the way to a full resumption of home international series. PCB chairman Zaka Ashraf also deplored the postponement. "It s shocking for us," Ashraf said in Islamabad. "This is unexpected because a lot of preparations have been made and courts usually don t come in cricketing matters." Bangladesh would be the first team to visit Pakistan since a militant attack on the Sri Lankan team bus during the Lahore Test in 2009, when eight people died and seven visiting players and an assistant coach were injured. Bangladesh is a low performing nation even the BPL’s highligted cricketers are all Pakistani. Its time we don't bother with B’desh let them play their own. As for India forget about them also and lets start our own cricket league give something back to the domestic crowd. Bangladesh is still upset and angry when they lost to Pakistan in the Asia cup final. All the people need to realize this fake war of terror created by America has destroyed Pakistan. No other nation apart from Iraq and Afghanistan has suffered bush and Obamas terror. We need to distance ourselvs from the Americans as this is NOT our war.