No word about Indian acceptance of tour

Karachi, July 31: No official of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was available to confirm if it has received confirmation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) about their team's tour later this year.

Yawar Saeed, director of the PCB, had said on Sunday that he was hoping to get information from across the border on Monday. But all efforts went in vain to contact him to seek clarification.

At least half a dozen calls were made to the PCB secretariat in Lahore but every time it was said Yawar Saeed was in a meeting. In the evening, this scribe was told Yawar had left office. But he was neither available on his mobile telephone nor in the hotel where he is staying.

One wonders if it is advisable for the PCB officials to speak on matters which are beyond their ccontrol.