ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will continue to play its major home tournaments in the UAE, the cricket boards of the two countries confirmed in a joint press release on June 27.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) have held fruitful discussions on matters of mutual interest,” the PCB statement said.
The Emirates Cricket Board promised there would be “a significant reduction of the costs to PCB of holding these tournaments with immediate effect.”
“The ECB will host a Twenty20 and Twenty10 League from Dec. 10 to Jan. 10 when there are no PCB fixtures in the UAE. The ECB will not host any league during the time when the PCB-PSL fixtures are being played in the UAE,” the statement added.
International cricket games ceased to be played in Pakistan after gunmen attacked the Sri Lankan team in a bus near Qaddafi Stadium in Lahore in March 2009. Since then the Pakistan Cricket Board has hosted international teams in UAE.
However, this March, Pakistan’s biggest city hosted a cricket match including foreign players for the first time in nine years when the PSL final match was staged at National Stadium in Karachi.
