The March/April Australia tour of Pakistan is looking doubtful at this point due to safety issues. As you probably already know the security and state of government in Pakistan is in a troubled situation. Terrorist attacks are becoming common and with the Government elections tomorrow it could get worse. The Australian Cricket Association has sent safety professionals to review the conditions. There are a few points of view in this situation firstly Pakistan’s. Pakistan believes that if they keep on canceling tours and sporting events that it would mean the terrorists have won but the only way to stop them is show that it doesn’t effect us by going on with the events yet keeping it safe. Australia believes that if there were to be an incident that could risk lives then it could scare the world of cricket forever. There will be a full assessment of the safety a week today. If Australia does not play this series Pakistan is threating not to play the series in Australia in 2009.
The information that i learned was provided by Cricinfo
February 19, 2008 at 9:22 pm
oh..well this isn’t good news..
are the attacks targeted on one place in Pakistan?or is it like scattered around?
February 19, 2008 at 9:23 pm
thats not good
hopefully the terrorists dont win!!
– Erin
February 19, 2008 at 9:25 pm
well the attacks are targeted generally on places where many people are to make the Masacar large
February 20, 2008 at 4:23 am
Interesting post. Who knew that current events would impact the world of Cricket. I would suggest that you organize this into paragraphs. Also, remember that most of your audience doesn’t know much about Cricket (and some don’t know about current events) so your details are important. I’d also love to hear what you think – will they play? Should they play?