da luck： South Africa will assess the security situation in Karachi before anyfinal decision is taken on the status of the last ODI, scheduled in theport city for October 29
Cricinfo staff23-Oct-2007
Security has been tightened at all venues after the bomb blasts in Karachi © AFP
South Africa will assess the security situation in Karachi before anyfinal decision is taken on the status of the last ODI, scheduled in theport city for October 29.Twin suicide bombings directed at the motorcade of former prime ministerBenazir Bhutto last week killed 140 people and injured hundreds.Bhutto was returning to the country after eight years of self-imposedexile.”A South African security official will go to Karachi today to assess thesituation on the ground there,” Ahsan Malik, PCB’s director communicationssaid. “He is expected to report back tomorrow afternoon after which thesituation will become clearer.” One PCB official will also travel withhim.Various high-level meetings have been held between the South Africancontingent and local security officials, as well as the interior ministry.Speculation has been rife about the fate of the last ODI since the blasts.One report in , a leading English daily, said the game islikely to shift to Lahore, where the first two ODIs were played, thoughnothing has yet been finalised.South Africa have already played a Test and a warm-up in Karachi, afteravoiding it altogether on their last tour in 2003.