Controversial cricket tours and moments

Sport360 staff 23:39 12/09/2016
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  • Issues over England's Bangladesh tour are not the first of their kind.

    Former England skipper Michael Vaughan believes Eoin Morgan will no longer be able to look his team-mates in the eye after pulling out of the tour to Bangladesh because of security concerns.

    The England and Wales Cricket Board announced on Sunday night that one-day international captain Morgan and opening batsman Alex Hales had informed director Andrew Strauss they were unavailable for the trip.

    Their decisions have provoked a big reaction across the cricketing landscape and Sport360 rounds-up other controversial tours and decisions throughout international cricket down the years:

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    And Sport360 rounds-up other controversial tours and decisions throughout international cricket down the years:

    1996: At the World Cup, Australia and West Indies decide not to play any of their scheduled games in Sri Lanka due to security concerns. The International Cricket Council offers their personal guarantee regarding safety but neither team relents. As a result, Sri Lanka are awarded the games and they enter the quarter-final unchallenged. The Sri Lankans go on to upset Australia in the final.

    2001: Andrew Caddick and Robert Croft opt out of England’s tour of India over security conerns following the September 11 terrorist attacks. Seamer Caddick played for England untill 2003 but spinner Croft was not selected again.

    2003: England refuse to play their World Cup group match against Zimbabwe in Harare after expressing concerns over security. They apparently received a death-threat letter from an organisation called Sons and Daughters of Zimbabwe. England demand a shift in venue but the ICC refuses and instead docks four points.

    2003: New Zealand pull out of their World Cup group match against Kenya at Nairobi due to the threat of terrorist attack by Boko Haram.

    2009: Six members of the Sri Lanka team are injured when terrorists attack their bus near the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore while they were travelling to play third day of the second Test against Pakistan. No team, apart from Zimbabwe in 2015, has travelled to Pakistan for an international series since.

    2015: Australia refuse to tour Bangladesh over security concerns and do not compete in the under-19 World Cup hosted in the country for the same reasons.

    2007-present: India has not played a full-fledged bilateral series against Pakistan since the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack. They have, however, faced off at 2011 World Cup and 2016 World T20 in India. Pakistan also played three ODIs and two T20s in 2012 during a brief spell of political calm.

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