Australia tour matches shifted to Lahore
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The touring Australian cricket team’s four white-ball matches against Pakistan have been shifted from Rawalpindi to Lahore due to political unrest in the federal capital.
Opposition lawmakers recently submitted a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Imran Khan, a former cricketing great, in the National Assembly.
Both opposition and the government have planned big rallies in Islamabad later this month although the speaker of the National Assembly has not yet set the date for a vote on the no-confidence motion.
Rawalpindi adjoins Islamabad and hosted Australia’s first Test in Pakistan in 24 years earlier this month.
The Pakistan Cricket Board said on Saturday that it discussed moving the venue for limited-overs series with Cricket Australia and they “have mutually agreed to shift the white-ball matches.”
Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium is already hosting the third and final Test starting on Monday.
The three ODIs are scheduled for March 29, March 31 and April 2 and the T20 on April 5.
Cricket Australia said Australia’s white-ball players, as originally planned, will arrive in Lahore on March 24 and after one-day of room isolation will integrate with other members of their side.
AP
