The

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n cricket team was touring Pakistan in January and February 2009. The series was the first Test tour of Pakistan since South Africa visited in October 2007. The tour was arranged as a replacement for the scheduled tour of India which was cancelled by

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following

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. The tour included 3 ODIs and 2

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. The safety of touring cricket teams in Pakistan had long been in issue. In May 2002,

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abandoned their Test series in Pakistan after a suicide bomb attack outside their hotel.

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had recently refused to tour on safety grounds. In order to persuade the Sri Lankan team to visit, the Pakistan government offered to arrange "presidential-style security." During the Second Test at

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, the Sri Lankan team were attacked by masked gunmen in a terror attack. Six members of the teams' security detail and two other civilians were killed. No cricketers were killed but five were listed as injured including

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, the Sri Lankan captain, and his deputy

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and Tharanga Paranavitana. This was the final tour of a visiting team in Pakistan until Zimbabwe toured in 2015.

ODI series

1st ODI

2nd ODI

3rd ODI

Test series

1st Test

2nd Test

Only Tour Match:Pakistan Cricket Board Patron's XI vs Sri Lankans

References

External links

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