Pakistan lodges protest over World Cup shift
Thursday, 23 April 2009
DUBAI, Apr 22 (AFP): Pakistan has lodged a protest with cricket's governing body over the shifting of World Cup 2011 matches due to be staged in the country to other nations, an official said Wednesday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) last week stripped Pakistan of 14 matches it was scheduled to host, citing the "uncertain security situation" in the troubled country.
The fixtures will go ahead in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said a delegate of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lodged the protest on the sidelines of ICC meeting here Tuesday.
"We have registered our protest during the ICC meeting and our stance was that all four co-hosts of the World Cup were not treated equally by the ICC and they should have waited for six months before taking this decision," Saeed told AFP.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) last week stripped Pakistan of 14 matches it was scheduled to host, citing the "uncertain security situation" in the troubled country.
The fixtures will go ahead in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.
Pakistan team manager Yawar Saeed said a delegate of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) lodged the protest on the sidelines of ICC meeting here Tuesday.
"We have registered our protest during the ICC meeting and our stance was that all four co-hosts of the World Cup were not treated equally by the ICC and they should have waited for six months before taking this decision," Saeed told AFP.