Zimbabwean, Pakistan tour still on

Zimbabwe's tour of Pakistan will proceed as scheduled, a newspaper in the country revealed on Friday.

The Herald reported that Pakistani authorities had provided new guarantees regarding the safety of the Zimbabwean cricket team. The paper quoted a source saying: "word from Pakistan is that all mountains will be moved to ensure that the Zimbabwe team is safe."

The source further told the newspaper that there were concerns following the attack in Karachi on Wednesday but the team would travel to Pakistan and "there was no reason to suggest that security would be compromised."

The tour was thrown into limbo on Thursday when Zimbabwe first cancelled but then retracted their decision within 16 minutes in a bizarre turnaround on Thursday.