Teams playing under the names Combined Universities and British Universities have toured overseas on a number of occasions. A Combined Universities side played in the Netherlands in 1987 and a British Universities side played in South Africa in late 1999, playing a number of matches against South African university sides. In 2012 a side played two matches in Pakistan, the first time an overseas touring side had played in Pakistan since the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan team's tour bus which resulted in injuries to seven of the Sri Lankan players and the deaths of eight Pakistanis. A side took part in a student cricket competition in Sr Lanka in April 2013.