Islamabad, May 11 (ANI): The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is set to discuss the scheduling problems, with its counterparts from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC), which resulted after the dates for the planned Sri Lankan Premier League (SLPL) were announced.
The dates for the SLPL are clashing with the scheduled Pakistan-Australia series in Sri Lanka in August, reports the Daily Times.
"It is a difficult situation for us because obviously the commercial aspects of our series are going to be hurt if dates clash with the Sri Lankan Premier League," a PCB spokesman was quoted as saying.
"It is already difficult for us to make our home series profitable as after all we have to organise them at neutral venues and not at home," he added.
The PCB official said while grounds were not a problem in Sri Lanka, if two major events were organised in one country at the same time, viewership and commercial interests would be affected for both parties.
Pakistan decided to host its 'home' series against Australia in Sri Lanka after Australia refused to tour Pakistan because of security concerns.
According to the tentative itinerary of the Sri Lankan board, it will be holding its premier league T20 event from August 10 to 31. akistan has been forced to play its home series at neutral venues since 2009 when militants attacked the Sri Lankan team in Lahore, killing six policemen and a van driver and injuring five visiting players.
Pakistan will be playing a series of five one-day internationals and three Twenty20 matches against Australia in Sri Lanka in August-September, before the ICC T20 World Cup. (ANI)
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