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Ireland willing to tour Pakistan

Cricket chief agrees to reciprocal visit if security is adequate.

Our Correspondent May 19, 2013 Less than a minute read

Pakistan will travel to Dublin this week to play a couple of One-Day Internationals (ODI) in Ireland this week. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

KARACHI: At a time when all the Test playing nations have written-off touring Pakistan, the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Associate Member Cricket Ireland (CI) has given hope of reviving international cricket in the country.

Pakistan will travel to Dublin this week to play a couple of One-Day Internationals (ODI) in Ireland this week. The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), which is striving to bring back international action in the country, has asked the CI for a reciprocal visit, a call that received a positive heed.

The CI’s Chief Executive Officer Warren Deutrom showed interest in sending the team to Pakistan.

“The PCB has proved to be a very strong supporter,” he told the Sunday Independent. “They have agreed to play here on a number of occasions over the last few years, for which we are incredibly grateful.

“They have asked us whether we would consider a reciprocal visit, and I have told the PCB that we would be willing to contemplate this, provided that we could have the requisite comfort levels around safety and security levels during our time there.”

Published in The Express Tribune, May 20^th, 2013.