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BCB postpones South Africa women's tour of Bangladesh
Bangladesh Cricket Board has postponed South Africa women's tour to make new security arrangements.
Published : 5 Oct 2015, 11:09 AM
Updated : 5 Oct 2015, 01:43 PM
The decision comes five days after Australia suspended their Bangladesh tour over security concerns.
BCB President Nazmul Hassan told reporters on Monday he would speak with Cricket South Africa about the new security plans for a tour in Bangladesh in the current context.
The tour would be finalised after discussions with CSA during the ICC meeting on Oct 9, he added.
He said the decision was 'joint in a way'. "We postponed [the tour]… with mutual consent."
"They (CSA) wanted to know the security plans on behalf of the South Africa women's cricket team. Unfortunately, unlike the men [teams], we never work out security plans for women cricket teams."
BCB did not send the security plans they asked for.
"… We told them 'we are coming to Dubai's ICC meeting’. We will have discussions about the series over there.
"We want to discuss this face to face so they don't get any negative idea… We will try to arrange the kind of security they desire," Hassan said.
The board chief believes the series can be organised soon as the women cricket schedule is not too busy.
The South African women were supposed to tour Bangladesh in Oct 15 for five one-dayers and three Twenty20s.
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