Australia - "We don't fancy being blown up, thankyou very much"

The boys receive the news about the Pakistan tour; shortly before cheering

Australia have finally done today what we have all expected for the past few months and cancelled their tour to Pakistan amid all the death, bombings and the like.

"We are very sorry that the tour could not take place at this time," Creagh O'Connor, Cricket Australia's chairman, said. "This was a difficult decision based on independent review of the circumstances prevailing in Pakistan at the moment. We wish no loss to the Pakistan Cricket Board and look forward to undertaking this tour in the near future."  By 'near future' they mean 2009; and by 'look forward to' they mean 'dread'. 

I don't know what they are so worried about, it's not like any of them are women that are likely to stand for election in the country is it?