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Pakistan Junior cricket team's proposed tour to Australia before participating in the World Cup could not be materialised due to preoccupation of the Australian team.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was planning to send the Pakistan Junior team to Australia before it would take part in the World Cup to be held in New Zealand from Jan 15.

The PCB director Munawar Ahmed Rana told Dawn Monday that the Australian Junior team had chalked out its own programme to prepare for the World Cup.

He said that the Pakistan Junior team had gained good practice for the World Cup after playing five one-day home series against Sri Lankan Junior which toured Pakistan from Nov 15to 27. Pakistan won the series convincingly 4-1.

The Pakistan Junior team, he said, now would directly reach New Zealand, four or five days before the start of the WorldCup there.

He said that a training camp for the Pakistan Junior team was to be started at Rawalpindi from Monday.

© Dawn