THE Zimbabwean cricket team arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday after five years to play the limited over series, a development which analysts believe could bolster Islamabad’s plans to host more sports events in the months to come.
Pakistan will face the visitors in the three 50 over one-day Internationals in the garrison city of Rawalpindi on Oct 30-Nov. 3, followed by as many 20 over or T20 Internationals in northeastern Lahore from Nov. 7-10.
It was also Zimbabwe that had ended Pakistan’s six-year isolation in May 2015, after militants brought Pakistani cricket to a shuddering halt.
Local stadiums had remained deserted since 2009 when seven of the touring Sri Lankan cricket team members were shot in an ambush by heavily armed militants in Lahore. In the same attack, six Pakistani policemen and two civilians were also killed.
The brazen attack had forced Pakistan to shift its cricket base to the
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