Travel warning and DFAT discussions as Australia’s cricket team prepares for tour to strife-torn Sri Lanka

Otto I. Eovaldi

Australia’s cricketers have been briefed about the escalating political stress in Sri Lanka in advance of the Australian men’s team tour future month.

The Section of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) yesterday recommended travellers to reconsider their need to have to take a look at Sri Lanka thanks to the protection problem.

Australia is owing to play three T20 Internationals, 5 Just one-Working day Internationals and two Take a look at matches in Kandy, Colombo and Galle from early June to mid-July.

A Cricket Australia spokesperson stated the circumstance was being watched intently.

“Our gamers and assist staff have been briefed and will continue on to be stored up to date,” the spokesperson claimed.

Talks are ongoing between Australian officials, their Sri Lankan counterparts and DFAT but with three months right up until the scheduled departure of the squad there are not yet any alterations to the agenda.

In a bid to relieve political unrest Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will appoint a new prime minister and cupboard this 7 days, but it’s not apparent no matter if this will end the violent demonstrations.

A camouflaged army tank drives through a town square passing a motorbike with soldiers sitting on its exterior.
Sri Lankan army officers have been deployed in Colombo in a bid to prevent demonstrators.(AP: Eranga Jayawardena)

Sri Lankans blame the govt of previous prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa for an financial collapse and shortages of food items, gas and drugs that unleashed popular protests.

Australia’s cricketers visited Pakistan for the very first time considering the fact that 1998 previously this calendar year following a period for the duration of which the threat of terrorism in that place was deemed far too excellent a danger.

The group very last frequented Sri Lanka in 2016.

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