Lanka's tour of Pakistan has run into more problems with SLC now insisting on a shortened tour and a delay of three weeks.
Sri Lanka agreed to tour Pakistan after India refused to travel for a series scheduled to start in mid-January, due to the Mumbai terror attacks.
The Pakistan Cricket Board had originally proposed three Tests, three one-day internationals and a twenty20 international, but Sri Lanka's interim committee chief Arjuna Ranatunga, who had agreed to the tour, wanted the itinerary revised to three Tests and five one-dayers.
The tour was in jeopardy after Ranatunga was sacked and the interim committee dissolved but the tour was granted approval by the Sri Lanka government.
However Sri Lanka Cricket want another revision in the itinerary and have proposed two Tests, three one-day games and a twenty20 international.
Sri Lanka were due to arrive in Pakistan immediately after their ongoing tour of Bangladesh but now want the tour to Pakistan pushed back to mid-February in order to give the players a break.
"The situation is tricky now, because if we go by Sri Lanka's revised itinerary then this series clashes with our confirmed tour of Bangladesh scheduled from March 3," said Saleem Altaf, PCB's chief operating officer.
Pakistan are scheduled to play five one-day internationals in Bangladesh and Altaf said the PCB was trying to rework the dates for that series in order to accommodate Sri Lanka.
"We would now have to tour Bangladesh from mid-March, instead of March 3, if we are to host the Sri Lankans," Altaf said.
"I am hopeful the Bangladesh board will cooperate with us, but it all depends on their FTP commitments," he said.
Meanwhile, Sri Lanka's players have voiced concerns over security for the Pakistan tour.
"The players have sought certain clarifications regarding the security arrangements to be placed in Pakistan", said Graeme Labrooy, the president of the Sri Lanka Cricketers' Association.
"The players have been assured top class security in Pakistan, but they still want the term 'top class' to be defined properly," he added.
