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Australia agrees to split postponed tour

KARACHI: Cricket Australia (CA) has agreed to split the postponed tour of Pakistan into two and complete it before the teams meet in Australia in 2009, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Saturday.

The Board said a final announcement of the new arrangement would be made in next two or three days.

Australia postponed its tour of Pakistan in March because of security concerns. But the Australians assured the PCB they would play the series in the next available window in the international calendar.

“Australia has been very receptive and cooperative and in the next two or three days we will hopefully be able to announce the revised schedule,” Shafqat Naghmi, chief operating officer of the PCB told reporters.

Naghmi said five One-Day Internationals and a Twenty20 game would be played first, then Australia would tour again to play three Tests.

Sources in the board told Reuters that Australia was expected to tour Pakistan before the Champions Trophy in late September and again in March 2009 for the Tests. — Reuters

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