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ECB clueless about ICC Task Team’s visit to Pakistan

 ECB clueless about ICC Task Team’s visit to Pakistan London, July 26 : The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) is clueless about the International Cricket Council (ICC) Pakistan Task Team (PTT)’s likely visit to Pakistan.

“We’re not aware of any plans to visit Pakistan in the near future,” the Express Tribune quoted ECB spokesperson, Andrew Walpole, as saying.

Earlier, it was reported that Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief Ijaz Butt was expected to meet top International Cricket Council (ICC) and ECB officials on the sidelines of the India-England Test match at Lord’s, which concluded on Monday.

The details of the proposed PTT visit to Pakistan were expected to be finalized during the meeting.

ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat and ECB Chairman Giles Clarke, who also heads the PTT, were supposed to be part of any such delegation.

The speculations about the visit had begun after the PCB criticized the PTT’s report on Pakistan cricket.

The PCB had said that the PTT proposals for overhauling the sport in the troubled country were a pointless “scholarly exercise”.

The PTT had presented a report at an ICC meeting last month with 63 recommendations - including changes to governance and moves to revive matches with India.

“While the intent (of the PTT) cannot be questioned, a few discrepancies can be identified in the report, which PCB has rectified and sent to the ICC in the hope it''''s taken in a positive spirit,” Ijaz Butt had said in a statement.

He had also rejected a recommendation that the PCB chief should not be appointed by Pakistan’s President, who is also patron of the PCB.

“The circumstances in Pakistan are unique and cricket administration requires and deserves government support. Without government support international cricket may not return to the country,” Butt had said.

The PTT was formed to revive international tours of Pakistan, suspended after a terror attack on the Sri Lankan team in 2009, and to strengthen the game in the country which has been battered by allegations of spot-fixing. (ANI)


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