The 2011 World Cup will be formally launched in the city on Tuesday but there is no guarantee that the uncertainty over the tournament is going to end any time soon. With the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) threatening to take legal recourse against the International Cricket Council (ICC), it is assumed that the issue will continue to remain contentious. The formal launch of the tournament will be preceded by a meeting of the Central Organising Committee to be presided over by fo
rmer Indian Cricket Board president Sharad Pawar. It is expected that the COC, also to be attended ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, will reiterate its stated position on Pakistan's request to have its share of 2011 matches hosted in the UAE. But what will be Pakistan's approach after the meeting is a matter of conjecture. The ICC, on its part, is non-committal on the meeting. Pakistan, meanwhile, has been claiming that it would seek legal assistance before taking a decision on attending the meeting but DNA has learnt a PCB representative could be present in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Pakistan Board, it is learnt, has asked Zakir Khan, its director of cricketing operations, to attend the Mumbai conclave. The PCB official has also sent his travel details to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). At the meeting the COC is expected to ratify its April 27 decision of allocation of matches. India was allotted 29 of 49 games with Sri Lanka getting 12 and the remaining eight going to Bangladesh. The PCB was not present at the meeting in New Delhi and it was decided during the recent ICC annual conference in London last month that the PCB should be given a chance to make its case at the COC. But the other three co-hosts, particularly the BCCI, are against any move to grant its request to host its matches in the Gulf cities. The PCB was originally allotted 14 matches but because of the security situation in the country those matches have been relocated. The PCB, however, was offered the hosting fee of those 14 matches at $700,000 per match.
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rmer Indian Cricket Board president Sharad Pawar. It is expected that the COC, also to be attended ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat, will reiterate its stated position on Pakistan's request to have its share of 2011 matches hosted in the UAE. But what will be Pakistan's approach after the meeting is a matter of conjecture. The ICC, on its part, is non-committal on the meeting. Pakistan, meanwhile, has been claiming that it would seek legal assistance before taking a decision on attending the meeting but DNA has learnt a PCB representative could be present in Mumbai on Tuesday. The Pakistan Board, it is learnt, has asked Zakir Khan, its director of cricketing operations, to attend the Mumbai conclave. The PCB official has also sent his travel details to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). At the meeting the COC is expected to ratify its April 27 decision of allocation of matches. India was allotted 29 of 49 games with Sri Lanka getting 12 and the remaining eight going to Bangladesh. The PCB was not present at the meeting in New Delhi and it was decided during the recent ICC annual conference in London last month that the PCB should be given a chance to make its case at the COC. But the other three co-hosts, particularly the BCCI, are against any move to grant its request to host its matches in the Gulf cities. The PCB was originally allotted 14 matches but because of the security situation in the country those matches have been relocated. The PCB, however, was offered the hosting fee of those 14 matches at $700,000 per match.Source:www.dnaindia.com/sport/report_2011-world-cup-launch-on-tuesday_1273502
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