CA boss flags Bangladesh tour in 2017

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has given the strongest indication yet that Australia will play two Tests in Bangladesh later this year, reports Cricket.com.au from Sydney.
Australia have not played in Bangladesh since Ricky Ponting's team toured there in 2006 and, outside major tournaments, the two nations have played just two ODI series against each other in Darwin (2008) and Dhaka (2011) since then.
Australia was scheduled to play two Tests and a tour match in Dhaka and Chittagong in October 2015, but the tour was postponed due to security concerns.
But after England toured the Asian nation late last year without incident, having been given an unprecedented level of security, Sutherland is confident Australia will return in August and September this year.
“I think they're quite high,” Sutherland told ABC radio today of the chances Australia would tour Bangladesh in 2017.
“What we saw at the end of last year was the England team tour Bangladesh and we saw very strong security around the team. We sent our head of security Sean Carroll over to observe for seven to 10 days, just to get a little bit of comfort on the systems and processes that are in place.
“I suppose anything can happen between now and then and we continue to monitor what happens in Bangladesh, but we work on the assumption that we're going to play and we start to plan accordingly.

CA boss flags Bangladesh tour in 2017

Cricket Australia CEO James Sutherland has given the strongest indication yet that Australia will play two Tests in Bangladesh later this year, reports Cricket.com.au from Sydney. Australia have not played in Bangladesh since Ricky Pontings team toured there in 2006 and, outside major tournaments, the two nations have played just two ODI series against each other in Darwin (2008) and Dhaka (2011) since then. Australia was scheduled to play two Tests and a tour match in Dhaka and Chittagong in October 2015, but the tour was postponed due to security concerns. But after England toured the Asian nation late last year without incident, having been given an unprecedented level of security, Sutherland is confident Australia will return in August and September this year. I think theyre quite high, Sutherland told ABC radio today of the chances Australia would tour Bangladesh in 2017. What we saw at the end of last year was the England team tour Bangladesh and we saw very strong security around the team. We sent our head of security Sean Carroll over to observe for seven to 10 days, just to get a little bit of comfort on the systems and processes that are in place. I suppose anything can happen between now and then and we continue to monitor what happens in Bangladesh, but we work on the assumption that were going to play and we start to plan accordingly.