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Board chairmen to discuss possible future series
Australia postpone Pakistan tour
March 11, 2008
Australia have confirmed they will not go ahead with their tour of Pakistan later this month. Creagh O'Connor, Cricket Australia's chairman, said the series was only being postponed and they hoped dates for a replacement trip could be confirmed soon.
"We are very sorry that the tour could not take place at this time," O'Connor said. "This was a difficult decision based on independent review of the circumstances prevailing in Pakistan at the moment. We wish no loss to Pakistan Cricket Board and look forward to undertaking this tour in the near future."
O'Connor and Nasim Ashraf, the chairman of the PCB, will meet in Dubai next weekend in an attempt to determine possible dates for the deferred tour. "We are obviously very disappointed at this decision," Ashraf said. "I guess there is not much we could do and sincerely hope that the tour of Australia to Pakistan can materialise at the earliest opportunity."
It is unclear whether the latest bombings in Pakistan - at least 15 people were killed in suicide attacks in Lahore on Tuesday, less than two hours before the announcement - played any part in Cricket Australia's decision. However, it had already become increasingly unlikely that the visit would proceed, with reports that Australia's players did not want to go.
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