Pakistan has been facing the ignonimy of international boycott since March 2009, when militants launched an attacked on the Sri Lankan team, killing eight people and wounding seven visiting players.
Ever since, Pakistan have played home series in England, New Zealand and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Once bitten, twice shy! Sri Lanka have categorically informed that they will not visit Pakistan for the series of three Tests, five one-dayers and a Twenty20 match in October-November. However, they say that Pakistan are welcome to play in their own stadiums.
According to the Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman Nadeem Sarwar, Zimbabwe might be chosen as the neutral venue.
“Yes, we are considering the option of playing Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe, where we can make a profit because of low costs there,” Sarwar told AFP.
Last month, PCB said that it was still looking into the possibility of conducting the series in Sri Lanka and the UAE.
Sri Lanka have also offered to host Pakistan’s series against England next year.
England, who last toured Pakistan in 2005, are not keen on travelling to Pakistan considering poor security in the troubled country, where Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants are blamed for near daily bomb attacks.
Foreign teams started to refuse to tour Pakistan after the September 11, 2001 attacks, which triggered the US-led invasion of neighbouring Afghanistan, the war on Al-Qaeda and a sharp deterioration in security.
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