The Bangladesh Cricket Board wants to make new security arrangements for the South African women's team, which was to travel to the country this month, after Australia cancelled their tour due to security fears.
Dhaka: The Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) has
postponed a proposed tour by the South Africa women's cricket team later this
month in order to make new security arrangements. (Cricket Australia calls off
Bangladesh tour)
The
decision comes five days after Australia suspended their Bangladesh tour over
security concerns, reports bdnews24.com.
BCB
president Nazmul Hassan said on Monday that he would speak with Cricket South
Africa (CSA) about the new security plans for a tour of Bangladesh in the
current context. The tour would be finalised after discussions with CSA during
the ICC meeting on October 9.
He
said the decision was 'joint in a way'.
"We
postponed (the tour) with mutual consent. They (CSA) wanted to know the
security plans on behalf of the South Africa women's cricket team.
Unfortunately, unlike the men (teams), we never work out security plans for
women's cricket teams," said Hassan.
BCB
did not send the security plans they asked for.
"We
told them 'we are coming to Dubai's ICC meeting'. We will have discussions
about the series over there. We want to discuss this face to face so they don't
get any negative idea. We will try to arrange the kind of security they
desire," Hassan said.
The
BCB chief believes that the series can be organised soon as the women's cricket
schedule is not too busy. The South African women were supposed to tour
Bangladesh from October 15 onwards for five one-dayers and three Twenty20s.
By Indo-Asian
News Service
