South Africa pull out of Sri Lanka tri-series

0 Comments | AFP, August, 2006

COLOMBO (AFP) — South Africa have pulled out of the limited-overs tri-series against India and hosts Sri Lanka due to security concerns after a deadly bombing, a Sri Lankan cricket official said.

"South Africa have told us they want to pull out. It is unfortunate but true," Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) media manager Samantha Algama told AFP on Wednesday.

A statement from Cricket South Africa quoted its chief executive Gerald Majola as saying in Johannesburg that "the current risk to the team is at an unacceptable level."

"In the light of the independent report at the behest of the International Cricket Council, we have no alternative but to bring the team home as soon as possible," Majola said in the statement.

"The independent report comes to the same...