Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan confirmed

Sri Lankan Cricket Board President Thilanga Sumathipala has confirmed Sri Lanka’s tour of Pakistan in October for either two or three Twenty20 (T20) internationals.

The development came following the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting in Colombo.

The board had already approved Pakistan’s visit after a security assessment, which cleared to play three Twenty20 internationals including "at least one" in Lahore.

Earlier, during ACC meeting, the president of Sri Lanka Cricket said, "We have had our security experts visit and make an assessment, and things look positive with things improving all over the country and especially Lahore being cleared."

"We have three T20 games coming up against Pakistan in September and we would like to play at least one of those games in Lahore," he added.