May 25, 2011 3:00 PM

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Sri Lanka officially turn down Pakistan tour

Sri Lanka Cricket has turned down an invitation by Pakistan to return to the troubled nation, saying security was still a problem two years after its players were attacked in Lahore. Sri Lanka's Cricket chairman D.S. de Silva said we are not going to send our team to Pakistan. He said I have asked the secretary to inform the Pakistan Cricket Board of the decision. We have instead requested Pakistan to host the matches in Colombo or at other venues like Dubai or Abu Dhabi, de Silva said. The Pakistan Cricket Board had invited Sri Lanka to play three Tests, five one-day internationals and one Twenty20 game in a series proposed for October.

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