da cassino： The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday refrained from commenting onIndia’s reiteration of the ban on bilateral cricket series andannounced the list of probables for the forthcoming Asian Testchampionships with former captains Wasim Akram and Moin
01-Aug-2001The Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday refrained from commenting onIndia’s reiteration of the ban on bilateral cricket series andannounced the list of probables for the forthcoming Asian Testchampionships with former captains Wasim Akram and Moin Khan being thenotable omissions.”This is not the time to for us to join issues. But at the same time,we are very confident that Indian team will arrive here to play in theAsian Test championship (ATC) match scheduled to take place betweenSeptember 13 and 17,” a PCB official told PTI from Lahore.Minister of State for Sports Pon Radhakirishnan had on Mondayreiterated the Government’s stand disallowing its cricket team to playin bilateral series with Pakistan.India is scheduled to play Pakistan in Karachi in the Asian Testchampionship which is a multi-lateral tournament involving Sri Lankaand Bangladesh too. The Government has allowed the Indian team to playPakistan in multi-lateral tournaments.The PCB announced 27 probables for the ATC, which begins with a matchbetween Pakistan and Bangladesh on September 1, but gave no reasonsfor the omission of Akram and Moin.The ATC schedule: Sept 1-5: Pakistan vs Bangladesh in Pakistan, Sept13-17: Pakistan vs India in Pakistan, Sept 21-25: India vs Bangladeshin India. Oct 2-6: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh in Sri Lanka. Jan 31-Feb 4:Sri Lanka vs Pakistan in Sri Lanka. Feb 7-11: India vs Sri Lanka inIndia. Feb 15-19: Final (venue to be decided later).