It has been long years
that no cricketing nation has visited Pakistan to play a bilateral series. The reason of not
visiting Pakistan is the lack of security. Since 2009, after a
terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team’s bus, no cricket playing
nation has visited Pakistan to play a series.
It seems that ICC CEO, Dave
Richardson, does not take the responsibility of convincing
other cricket playing nations to start playing in Pakistan. He thinks that only Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
can convince other nations to play cricket in Pakistan.
According to Richardson, ICC’s role is limited when it comes to bilateral
tours. So, PCB will have to play the major role in building confidence of
cricketing nations.
Richardson says, “Security is not something that is taken
lightly by anybody and making a decision as to whether it's safe or not
involves a serious assessment of the risk. And it's up to the member countries
to decide.”
It is obviously a big
problem for Pakistan because they cannot organize any series in their
own soil. They had to select neutral venues ranging from Dubai to London to arrange their home matches.
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