LAHORE (Web Desk) – The Pakistan Cricket Board says the third and final one-day international against Zimbabwe will go ahead on Sunday at the Qaddafi Stadium.
“Zimbabwe will play its last match of the tour as planned,” PCB spokesman Agha Akbar told the local media on Saturday.
Akbar also said that all the tickets for Sunday s game have been sold out and a crowd of around 27,000 is expected.
Zimbabwe is the first test-playing nation to tour Pakistan in six years since gunmen attacked on Sri Lanka team bus also in Lahore in 2009.
Pakistan has already won two Twenty20 matches and two ODIs against Zimbabwe. Winning this third match of the series is much important for Pakistan to qualify for Champions Trophy 2017 in England.
Eager to avoid a repeat of that incident and push the case for a full return of international cricket to the country, the government has provided VIP-level security to Zimbabwe s team. A fleet of security vans with armed gunmen shield the team buses during their travel from hotel to the stadium. Zimbabwe arrived on May 19 to play two Twenty20s and three ODIs.
The International Cricket Council has given official status to the series, but declined to send its match officials to Pakistan due to security concerns.
