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 ICC may take final call on Champions Trophy on Sunday
21st Aug 2008 16:01 IST
Agencies
A final decision on the fate of next month's Champions Trophy is expected on Sunday when the ICC Board holds a teleconference to discuss the possibility of holding the tournament in Pakistan.
Apart from the ICC Board teleconference, a separate hook-up of the task team, which visited Pakistan recently, has been called tomorrow.
The decision to call the two hook-ups was taken after ICC President David Morgan, Vice President Sharad Pawar and Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat met in Dubai yesterday to discuss the feedback from the task team briefings with stakeholders from England, Australia and New Zealand.
"As a result of that feedback, Wednesday's meeting agreed that, subject to confirmation from the relevant participants, teleconferences would be called of the task team (on Friday) and the ICC Board (on Sunday)," an ICC statement said.
The meeting was also attended by Pakistan Cricket Board's Chief Operating Officer Shafqat Naghmi.
Prior to the two hook-ups, Lorgat will meet Cricket South Africa officials to brief them on the safety and security measures in place for the tournament.
Cricket Boards of Australia, New Zealand and England have expressed reservations on the Champions Trophy being held in Pakistan because of security reasons.
Players, especially from Australia and New Zealand, backed by their respective players' associations, have questioned the logic of holding the elite-level tournament in Pakistan due to continuous violence there. |
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