Thatscricket Thatscricket E-Mail Chat Search Indiainfo.com thatscricket.com
Search

image
Cricket news
Schedules
Columnists
Cricket info
Statistics
Interviews
Archives
Match reports
Photo gallery
Trivia
image
Women's cricket
image
 Interactive
Your views
Birthdays
Field positions
 > Player Profile
 Services
Score kya hai
Mobile
Messenger
My indiainfo
  Free Newsletter!
  
  Enter your Email ID
  
 > Other Sites

MCC Cricket Laws
thatscricket.com thatscricket.com thatscricket.com thatscricket.com

Cricket -> Cricket News -> Report

Mail this to a Friend Post your feedback Print this page

'India say no to Pak even in Malaysia'
Jan 03, 2001, 10:50 Hrs (IST)

AFP

Karachi: India refused to take part in a tri-nation cricket tournament in Malaysia because Pakistan are also competing, a Pakistan Cricket Board official Rana said on Tuesday.

"The Malaysian Cricket Association have informed us that the planned tri-series between Pakistan, India and Malaysia has been cancelled because of India's refusal to play," Brigadier Munawwar Rana told AFP.

Malaysia had invited Pakistan and India to join them for a tri-series tournament from January 28 to February 9 in Kuala Lumpur.

"They (India) have said that time was short but it is not an appropriate excuse," Rana said, adding the real reason was that they did not want to play with Pakistan.

"Its disappointing that India turned down the invitation because this would have given a tremendous boost to cricket in Malaysia." Malaysian cricket chief Tunko Imran visited India last month to invite India for the series.

Earlier, the Indian government refused to allow its cricket team to tour Pakistan because of political tensions between the two countries. The government refused to review the decision despite pressure from the International Cricket Council (ICC).

"Pakistan would still love to play India anywhere in the world because the contests between the two generate a lot of interest and following," Rana said.

"India's continued refusal to play Pakistan will affect the ICC's 10-year programme because Pakistan will lose financially every time India refuse to come," he added.

The ICC plans to finalise the cricket itinerary for the next decade at its meeting next month in Melbourne.

However, Rana said he was hopeful that the April tri-nation series in Sharjah involving Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka would go ahead as planned. "There should be no problem for the tri-series in Sharjah because it is held every year and is planned well before time."

Copyright AFP 2000

>Thatscricket shop
 - Thatscricket.com presents online cricket gear. Click here to shop online for cricket gear and fan items.New!
>Test 2000
>Women's Cricket
>Your Choice
> Photo gallery
 - WI in AusNew!
 - World Cup 2000New!
 - NZ in RSA
> Interviews
 - S Rangaswamy
 - C Sarvate
 - Henry Olonga
 - Ms Jarman
> Wish your star
  Jan 29
 - Bob Berry (Eng)
 - Simon Cook (Aus)
 - Vernon Royle (Eng)
 - R Subba Row (Eng)
 - Teddy Hoad (WI)
 - Andy Roberts (WI)
  All birthdays
> Columnists
 - CVN Nath
 - Shantha Rangaswamy
 - S K Sham
 - Suresh Parekh
> Chat transcripts
> Focus:Match-fixing
> Fan pages
> Sports turf
 Current series
One-Day Series
 - Carlton Series
 Live coverage

 Recent series
>Foreign Tour

An affiliate of www.indiainfo.com
Thatscricket | Quizbrain | Careerindia | Evesindia

Home | About Us | Register | Feedback | Advertise with us | Suggest a site | Contact Us
©Copyright 2001 Indiainfo.com Ltd. | See Disclaimer and Privacy Policy