It's official. South Africa have pulled out of the triangular cricket series in Sri Lanka because of security concerns.
Yesterday, an independent security expert was called in to appraise the situation and he obviously said that the team should leave. For many days now, the players have been saying that they don't want to be in Sri Lanka and it looks as if sense has prevailed.
The question now is what is the wording of the statement. If South Africa pull out without ICC approval, then there are major fines to be paid. Something in the region of $1.6 million. If the ICC gives the go-ahead, then the series will be re-scheduled and everything should be OK.
India are also not keen to stay and play as many games as have been scheduled. They say that they would rather play less games now that South Africa aren't there anymore.
One bad thing about this is that South Africa's World Cup preparations are a little broken now.
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