Australia postpone Pakistan trip

Wednesday 12 March 2008 01:00 GMT

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Cricket Australia have postponed their tour of Pakistan on advice from the Australian government. Chief executive James Sutherland confirmed they would not be travelling for the three-Test series, which was scheduled to start on 29 March, due to security concerns.

There have been a number of bomb blasts in Pakistan since the assassination of the former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, and Sutherland said: "Ultimately the starting point is to look at the Federal Government's advice to Australian travellers to Pakistan and it's not favourable."

The Australian players, particularly the all-rounder Andrew Symonds, had expressed their concerns about going to Pakistan but Sutherland said this was not a factor in Australia postponing the tour.

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