Pakistan’s freshly restored cricket chief Najam Sethi said Thursday that his board is inviting Sri Lanka to play a home series, five years after they survived a terrorist attack.
The move by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) came two days after Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse promised his Pakistani counterpart Mamnoon Hussain to send his cricket team during a meeting on the sidelines of a summit in China.
“We are sending a letter of invitation to Sri Lanka Cricket today after their president promised to send his country’s cricket team to Pakistan and we hope for a positive outcome,” Sethi told a press conference.
No foreign team has toured Pakistan since militants attacked the Sri Lankan team bus in Lahore in March 2009, killing eight people and injuring seven visiting players.
Since the 2009 attacks Pakistan have been forced to play their home series in United Arab Emirates.
