World cup should be moved out of Asia: Miandad
Former Pakistan captain and the director general of the Pakistan Cricket Board Javed Miandad, has called for the 2011 World Cup to be moved out of Asia following the refusal by Australia to send their Davis Cup tennis team to India. He said
“It is obvious by the Australians’ decision that the security situation in India is also not stable, India should be treated similarly
He was of the point that the International Cricket Council (ICC) cannot justify stripping Pakistan of its right to stage the 2011 event while allowing subcontinent neighbours India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to co-host the tournament. After Tennis Australia announced at the weekend that they would not travel to Chennai because of security concerns, Miandad believes that India should be similarly treated.
Pakistan has been stood down from hosting the event because of security concerns following the armed terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka cricket team in Lahore last month in which six players were injured and seven police officers killed.
“The ICC should reconsider the situation if we want to have our share of matches in Dubai and Abu Dhabi where we are already playing our home matches,” he added.
Pakistan host Australia in a one-day series in Dubai and Abu Dhabi this month and Miandad has proposed that the 2011 World Cup should be held in Australia and New Zealand before bringing the subsequent event to South Asia in 2015.
The ICC last year postponed the Champions Trophy, the second most important 50-overs a side event, due to security concerns in Pakistan and then shifted it to South Africa, where it will be held later this year.
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