Despite the United States-led military attacks on Afghanistan, the Zimbabwe cricket team's tour of the United Arab Emirates for the Sharjah triangular series against Pakistan and Sri Lanka is still on.

Zimbabwe Cricket Union managing director Dave Ellman-Brown said yesterday that they have not heard anything from the tournament organizers concerning any security fears and therefore the tour is still on.

"Whatever decision we are going to make will be guided by the tournament organizers. At the moment we have not received any correspondence from the tournament organizers," he said.

"We will be looking at the situation daily before we decide anything. So at the moment the tour is still on."

"We will only cancel the tour when there is evidence that the safety of our players will be at risk as a result of the US-led military action In Afghanistan." The tournament is scheduled for the end of this month.

Sri Lanka has already named their squad for the tournament while Pakistan is reported to have begun preparations for the tournament. Pakistan shares a border with the embattled Afghanistan while the United Arab Emirates has a large population of people from that country.

A number of sporting activities have been put in a spin in the subcontinent since the terror attacks in the United States last month. The New Zealand cricket team pulled out of its tour of Pakistan, which was scheduled to start a few days after the terror attack.

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