Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Zaka Ashraf said he is in talks with couple of other countries if Bangladesh's national team fails to receive government clearance to tour next month because of security concerns. "I don't want to disclose the names of the countries, but we are in touch with at least two (cricket) boards," Ashraf said Monday. "If Bangladesh says no, we have a couple of other options too."
Bangladesh's cricket board has submitted a security report on Pakistan to its government after president Mustafa Kamal led a nine-member delegation to the country earlier this month. "I talked to him (Mustafa Kamal) in Bangladesh during the Asia Cup and he told me he was committed, but I will make a formal announcement after the security report is cleared by his government," Ashraf said.
Foreign teams have not toured Pakistan since gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009, killing six police officers and a van driver. Pakistan's next international away assignment is a test series against Sri Lanka in July. The PCB then plans to "host" Australia in Sri Lanka, playing five ODIs and three Twenty20 matches in August.
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