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May 9, 2009
In the first official response to the ICC's decision to exclude Pakistan from hosting the 2011 World Cup, the Pakistan board has issued a legal notice to cricket's governing body, calling the decision to do so discriminatory and "legally flawed."
The ICC decided at a recent board meeting in Dubai to take away Pakistan's share, as one of four co-hosts, of the World Cup matches. The move came after terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team during their February-March tour, which was itself the first major bilateral contest in Pakistan since October 2007 as a number of teams refused to visit in the wake of an unsettled and violent domestic backdrop. The meeting also said that international cricket was unlikely to return to Pakistan till 2011.
Ijaz Butt, chairman PCB, told reporters at a press conference in Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium, that the manner in which the ICC decision was taken was "legally flawed...unfair and discriminatory." Pakistan's gripe, Butt clarified, was that the status of the 2011 World Cup was not on the agenda of the ICC Board meeting on April 17 and 18, the implication being that Pakistan wasn't given a fair opportunity to present its case as a co-host. [attachment=0:sngkl0gv]pcb.gif[/attachment:sngkl0gv]
In the first official response to the ICC's decision to exclude Pakistan from hosting the 2011 World Cup, the Pakistan board has issued a legal notice to cricket's governing body, calling the decision to do so discriminatory and "legally flawed."
The ICC decided at a recent board meeting in Dubai to take away Pakistan's share, as one of four co-hosts, of the World Cup matches. The move came after terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team during their February-March tour, which was itself the first major bilateral contest in Pakistan since October 2007 as a number of teams refused to visit in the wake of an unsettled and violent domestic backdrop. The meeting also said that international cricket was unlikely to return to Pakistan till 2011.
Ijaz Butt, chairman PCB, told reporters at a press conference in Lahore's Gaddafi Stadium, that the manner in which the ICC decision was taken was "legally flawed...unfair and discriminatory." Pakistan's gripe, Butt clarified, was that the status of the 2011 World Cup was not on the agenda of the ICC Board meeting on April 17 and 18, the implication being that Pakistan wasn't given a fair opportunity to present its case as a co-host. [attachment=0:sngkl0gv]pcb.gif[/attachment:sngkl0gv]
