Cricket South Africa (CSA) followed the footsteps of Cricket Australia as they became the second nation to withdrew from a tour to Bangladesh. CSA postponed the tour of their women’s team to Bangladesh on security grounds, a decision that came inside five days after Australia pulled the plug on their tour here.
Bangladesh Cricket Board president Nazmul Hassan said the decision of postponing the tour was made on mutual discussion.
“They (CSA) were concerned about the security arrangements for the women’s team. We had the option to send them our planned arrangements but later we thought we will be meeting during the ICC meeting (on October 9) so it is better to discuss the issue face to face rather than communicating through emails,” said Nazmul.
He said, “They (CSA) showed concerns and we thought it is not possible to explain them the situation over phone or emails, so we will wait till the ICC meeting. At the same time we have our women’s team in Pakistan now, so the delay will provide them some rest.”
Nazmul was confident that rescheduling the series will not be an issue and hopefully the series will take place in the ongoing month.
“You see the women’s team are not as busy as the men. We will meet CSA members on October 9 and I am hopeful that we will come up with new dates. We will try that the series is held this month,” said the BCB president.
The South Africa women’s team were scheduled to reach Dhaka on October 16 and were set to play five ODIs and three Twenty20s.
