Thursday afternoon, Zimbabwe Cricket issued a press release saying tour to Pakistan has been "suspended" on the advice of SRC. Read the contents of the release as follows:
"Zimbabwe Cricket (ZC) suspended the tour of Pakistan.
The decision was made not to tour at this time, after consideration of the advice of the Supreme sport in the country's regulatory authority, the Committee of Sports and Recreation (SRC), who wrote to ZC, saying he had been advised not to tour by the Foreign Affairs Ministry.
"We consulted about the security situation in Pakistan with special reference to the tour cricket meant the country, I was advised that it would not be safe for the team to travel to Pakistan at this point in time," he wrote SRC Director General retired Colonel Charles Nhemachena to CEO ZC Wilfried Mukondiwa ".
Less than half an hour after sending it, he sent the media and communications manager Lovemore Banda, ZC out via e-mail undo the statement: "My apology Please do not run with attachments discussions are still ongoing and will be announced as the final position and. When."
ESPNcricinfo contacted Banda after sending the second e-mail was confirmed ZC meetings were held to make a final decision in this round, which was expected on Thursday at a later time.
Many insiders believe that it is likely to be canceled this round on the SRC instructions even if ZC was said to be satisfied with the arrangements made for the visit 10 days. Last week, in advance delegation ZC, including Managing Director of cricket Alastair Campbell, he visited Pakistan and was given a tour of the extensive security measures in the National Academy Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, where the team was due to stay.
And it has since been reported that Zimbabwe would stay at Pearl Continental Hotel five-star. Cricket Pakistan Council reportedly going to spend US $ 500,000 on the safety measures which included the monitored helicopter travel and guards 3500. Campbell said at the time he was "very excited" to tour the country and hoped that lead to the revival of cricket in Pakistan.
"I was lucky to tour the whole country ... but this is the beginning," Campbell said. "We have to start here in Lahore, and we hope in the coming years will come back and play in the rest of the country, and to resume normal relations with Pakistan."
All that came before the attack on the bus in Karachi on Wednesday morning, which killed 43 people and brought security concerns to the fore. Although the Zimbabwe tour was to be exclusively played in Lahore, with the rule of Karachi as a place to PCBs can not be guaranteed safe passage from the hotel to the ground in that city, and the general situation in the country is a source of concern for the Government of Zimbabwe, among other things other.
International player body, FICA, also warned Pakistan against Zimbabwe tour after the report is a security risk to visit the country "can not be controlled." Many players Zimbabwe expressed the same concerns also unknown, although they were all in training and it was all available for selection.
Zimbabwe named a squad of 16, including six returnees and one new cover as they had hoped to participate in the era after the World Cup with a mix of experience and youth. These cricketers may have to wait until the three ODI India visit the country in July.
International Criminal Court waiting for official confirmation of a series of both PCB and ZC before deciding on whether to send the match referees. But they made the rule in the regulations that chlorine can be used by referees for matches if the International Criminal Court is not satisfied with the level of security for its officials.
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