ISLAMABAD, July 5 - England will not play a test
match in the southern port city of Karachi, the Pakistan Cricket
Board (PCB) said on Tuesday.
"England are not willing to play a test in Karachi because
of security concern for their players," PCB Director Cricket
Operations, Saleem Altaf, told Reuters after meeting England and
Wales Cricket Board (ECB) officials.
"We have asked them to play two back-to-back one-dayers
instead of the test in Karachi. But they say they will think
about it and get back to us," Altaf added.
England are touring Pakistan from late October to play three
test matches and five one-day internationals.
Karachi has seen a spate of militant attacks in recent
years.