ECB chief offers to help Pakistan, but ICC yet to give backing
September 3rd, 2010 - 1:41 pm ICT by ANILondon, Sep.3 (ANI): The chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, Giles Clarke, has offered to help restructure Pakistan cricket in the wake of the illegal betting scandal after England successfully pressed for the three players under police investigation to be withdrawn from the one-day series.
Clarke is the chairman of the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) Pakistan task force, which is charged with planning an ordered return of international cricket to the country.
According to the Guardian, Pakistan has not staged a home Test or one-day international since a terrorist attack on coaches carrying the Sri Lanka team and match officials to a Test in Lahore in March last year.
However, the ICC was at pains to point out last night that Clarke’s remit was limited to security concerns, but the events of the past week have convinced him of the need for wider reforms.
Clarke said: “As chairman of the ICC’s Pakistan task team, I look forward to working with Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, Ijaz Butt, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board and everybody involved in Pakistan cricket in taking forward cricket in Pakistan so that a proper plan exists for the whole of Pakistan cricket, given all the many and varied issues which have addressed it.”
“We naturally have many challenges to face, Cricket fans across the world can be assured that we will be doing so.” he added. (ANI)
- PCB chief to meet ICC officials at Lord's - Jul 18, 2011
- ICC's Pak Task Team impressed by anti-corruption progress made by PCB - Nov 08, 2010
- ICC impressed with PCB's anti-corruption measures - Nov 08, 2010
- Pakistan want to host ICC event in 2018 - Jun 30, 2011
- ICC welcomes PCB's initial efforts to eradicate corruption - Oct 24, 2010
- Clarke to request Zardari to reduce political intervention in Pakistan cricket - Jul 15, 2011
- Brearley, Chappell ICC's ambassadors to help Pak cricket - Jul 17, 2010
- ICC defers vote on Howard's vice-presidential claims due to lack of support - Jun 30, 2010
- ICC board proposes Dave Richardson as CEO - May 10, 2012
- PCB welcomes ECB boss Clarke's idea of sending World XI team to Pak - Aug 18, 2010
- ICC will receive final report on banned Pak trio during Dubai meeting: Lorgat - Feb 13, 2011
- Shafiq, Irfan to replace 'tainted' trio in Pak ODI squad - Sep 03, 2010
- 'Livid' PCB boss Butt accuses ECB of being 'biased' against Pak in spot-fixing scam - Sep 21, 2010
- 'Spot-fixing' scam diverted attention from possible 'home games': Butt - Nov 03, 2010
- Spotlight on PCB boss Butt at ICC meeting focusing on 'spot-fixing' - Oct 12, 2010
Tags: challenges, cricket fans, england and wales, england and wales cricket board, giles clarke, guardian, haroon lorgat, home test, international cricket council, lahore, london, pakistan cricket board, police investigation, remit, scandal, security concerns, sri lanka, task force, terrorist attack, wales cricket board