The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has become hopeful to resume Test Cricket in the country this year as a high-level delegation of Sri Lanka Cricket assessing the security arrangements in Karachi.
The board had earlier invited the Sri Lankan cricket team to come to Pakistan this October and play two Test matches; if all goes well, it would be the first full Test series in the country since 2009.
Mohan de Silva-led four-member SLC security assessment team met with top security officials in Karachi and visited National Stadium — one of the proposed venue for the first Test between the two teams.
The inspector-general of police (IGP) for Sindh, Kaleem Imam, briefed the visiting delegation about the security arrangements to be made during the Test series.
The Sri Lankan delegation was assured during the briefing that foolproof security would be provided to the team during their visit.
It included the SLC’s chief security advisor, Air Chief Marshall Roshan Goonetileke, head of international cricket, Chandima Mapatuna, and the assistant manager anti-corruption and security, Mudiyanselage Palitha Seneviratne.
