{"id":191077,"date":"2022-01-26T06:47:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-26T07:47:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=191077"},"modified":"2022-01-27T03:58:48","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T03:58:48","slug":"aussies-reconsider-pakistan-tour-after-terrorist-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=191077","title":{"rendered":"Aussies reconsider Pakistan tour after terrorist attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some Australian cricketers are reportedly having second thoughts about embarking on <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/cricket\/australia-test-tour-of-pakistan-dates-venues-mark-taylor\/21b5bf62-9577-4460-a909-843d98764bcf\" title=\"a historic tour of Pakistan in March\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a historic tour of Pakistan in March<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Australia has not taken a team to Pakistan since 1998, when Mark Taylor was captain.<\/p>\n<p>Late last year, Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board excitedly announced plans to play a multi-format series there in March and April.<\/p>\n<p><strong>LIVE UPDATES:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2022-live-results-scores-day-10-daniil-medvedev-alize-cornet-stefanos-tsitsipas\/0eebb43a-82a3-42ab-ab01-600a36b7b1ae\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Kyrgios slammed by sour doubles opponent<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2022-ash-barty-slaps-down-jim-courier-roger-federer-comparisons\/7495ef7c-b75e-463c-b00a-f7894bcf087d\"><strong>Ash Barty deflects Roger Federer comparisons<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/tennis\/australian-open-2022-rafael-nadal-denies-special-treatment-claim-denis-shapovalov\/3e707d64-4771-464f-84da-0fd5abace246\" title=\"\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rafael Nadal denies special treatment from officials<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The tour is near completion of the planning stage, but the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/sport\/cricket\/we-re-all-toey-about-it-aussie-cricketers-concerned-by-pakistan-terrorist-attacks-20220125-p59r6k.html\" title=\"Sydney Morning Herald now reports\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sydney Morning Herald now reports<\/a> players are contemplating not going due to the risk of terrorist activity.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We&#x27;re all toey about it,&quot; the Herald quoted a &quot;source close to the team&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Terrorist activity in Pakistan has reportedly increased in recent months, and last week a bomb exploded in Lahore &#8211; where the Australian team would spend most of their tour &#8211; reportedly killing three people and wounding at least 28 more.<\/p>\n<p><img data-video-id=\"6290258665001\" src=\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2022\/01\/402411\/pickerimage.jpg\" alt=\"Khawaja\u00a0makes\u00a0splendid\u00a0Ashes\u00a0century\" data-vms-id=\"ref:cky2qo94h009l0lo0feq9n28j\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A report from the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies (PICSS) found there was 294 attacks by &quot;militants&quot; in 2021 alone, which killed 395 people.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;Cricket Australia and the Pakistan Cricket Board continue to work closely in planning the tour and are in regular contact with our respective governments,&quot; a statement this week said.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;A constructive pre-tour visit of Pakistan was undertaken by CA and Australian Cricketers&#x27; Association representatives in December, with detailed planning and preparation for the tour ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We continue to have regular and open discussions with our players and support staff on the extensive security, biosecurity and operational arrangements for the tour.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>Australian selector George Bailey remains confident the tour will go ahead.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;The security sounds very, very robust and very, very thorough,&quot; Bailey said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Some Australian cricketers are reportedly having second thoughts about embarking on a historic tour of Pakistan in March. 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