Cricket-Sutherland defends scrapped tour as Socceroos travel to Bangladesh
Published on: Friday, 13 November 2015 //
PERTH, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Australia's cricket chief has defended the postponement of a test tour of Bangladesh in the wake of the decision by the country's soccer team to play a World Cup qualifier in the South Asian nation this week. Cricket Australia chief executive James Sutherland called off the two-test tour last month because of fears it could expose their cricketers to potential militant attacks in the country. The Asian champion Socceroos, however, announced on Friday that they w