ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is in talks with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for short tours to the country after it successfully hosted Zimbabwe for two Twenty20 Internationals and three One-Day Internationals in May.

A PCB official told the Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) that Pakistan had invited Sri Lanka and Bangladesh for a tour next year.

“After the successful tour of the Zimbabwean team to Pakistan, we feel many teams are willing to come and play here,” he said.

Zimbabwe cricket officials were satisfied after their visit, the official said.

“The message they took from here is that Pakistan is a safe country [to host international sporting events] and the series must have convinced other teams to tour too.”

The official said due to Pakistan’s busy schedule this year, the cricket-crazy nation would witness more international series on home soil in 2016.

“A tour by Sri Lanka would be of greater impact, for obvious reasons,” he said.