BD team physio skips Pakistan tour

Published March 27, 2008

DHAKA, March 26: The Bangladesh cricket team’s South African physiotherapist, Darryn Lifson, has refused to travel to Pakistan for next month’s one-day series because of security concerns, a board official said on Wednesday.

“Lifson told us that he is reluctant to travel with the team, but we are still trying to convince him,” Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) media committee chairman Ahmed Alam told reporters.

Bangladesh will play five One-day Internationals and a Twenty20 match in Pakistan from April 6 to 20, replacing Australia, who postponed this month’s tour citing security

concerns.—Reuters

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