Why did South Africa pull out of the Pakistan tour?”
Pakistan offers S.Africa matches at neutral venue (AFP) – 2 hours ago KARACHI — Pakistan has offered to play South Africa in three Tests, five one-dayers and two Twenty20 matches in the United Arab Emirates later this year, an official said Saturday. “South Africa were supposed to tour us but because of their security fears they declined to come and that’s why we have offered them to play this full series of Tests, one-dayers and Twenty20 at the neutral venue of the Emirates,” Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt told AFP. Butt said instead of coming to Pakistan, South Africa wanted to play the series on their grounds, which was not cost effective. “If we play the series in South Africa, it would have incurred losses to us, so we have offered them to play in the Emirates and we hope they will agree to our proposal,” said Butt. The series would likely to be played in October-November this year. Pakistan has been a no-go country for foreign teams since the 9-11 attacks on the
