(UTV | COLOMBO) – Cricket Australia says it is monitoring the situation in Sri Lanka but remains confident next month’s tour of the country will go ahead as planned.
Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned last evening, following months of protests after the country’s was plunged into its worst economic crisis in decades.
His resignation followed an attack by government supporters on protesters, leading to a countrywide curfew and armed troops being deployed in the capital of Colombo.
Australia’s men are due to arrive into Colombo in three weeks for the start of their tour, which includes three Twenty20s, five ODIs and two Tests between June 7 and July 12. They will spend 16 of those days in Colombo, where the current violence has unfolded.
CA officials had until this point been certain the tour would go ahead, and remain confident.
Head of security Stuart Bailey completed a tour of the country last month in the midst of the economic crisis, and it was cleared as safe to visit.
CA officials will now start to monitor the situation more closely following yesterday’s violence, but are still confident the tour will proceed.