Pakistan not to host ICCCT

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/388627.html

Not sure where it can fit in the window, but surely it's about time Aus got to host something big. Just so we can see how truly crapulent we'll be on the world stage by late 2009.

Zat wrote:http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/current/story/388627.html

Not sure where it can fit in the window, but surely it's about time Aus got to host something big. Just so we can see how truly crapulent we'll be on the world stage by late 2009.

Scrap the ICCT - the 20/20 hit and giggle can perform the same function and is easier to fit into the schedule.

well bad news as usual for PAK cricket

I heard that Haroon guy talking about it on the ABC during the cricket and he said that Sri Lanka was the alternate venue, in response to the ABC guy asking where the alternate venue was. Could be in for a lot of travelling.


At least it's only every four years now.

No great surprise.

They shouold scrap the tournament alltogether.

IDKAT... the revenue is put towards developing cricket in new countries.

i think Pakistan should focus on some other sport

Its not like PAK team is as exciting as it had been for the 30 year period from the 70s to early 00s that millions of neutrals would tune in to watch Pakistan play, its not like Pakistan play any "real" cricket, its like they have the cash to "dangle" in front of these foreign players(or even their own players), its not like the ICC is even remotely going to help out, its not like ICC even remotely CARES about Pakistan cricket, its not the PCB has the administrative skill or courage to fix even the minor issues, its not like the people of Pakistan have the same passion for the sport as they use to.

So why bother?

That seems a pessimistic view...
Pakistan still has some great talent. That's the key.
Someone just needs to sort out the "everything else" side of the equation.

She'll be cohosting a WC soon enough. Big opportunity.

I don't know whether you are old enough to remember the 1992/93 WC. After the decline of WI, before the rise of Australia, there was a window there where, in both forms of the game, Pakistan were looking like the world number one.

As the ICC nabob says, however, the reasons for the decision to move the ICCCT are outside of the PCB's control, but there must be some steps that can be taken to allay the security concerns of touring sides.

England is clearly the answer for a neutral venue for Pakistan. Pakistan could sell out the likes of Old Trafford and Headingley.

I would think on he same lines as OP.

Investment shite aside, hosting such an event can provide quite a boost at ground level.

OP Tipping wrote:That seems a pessimistic view...
Pakistan still has some great talent. That's the key.
Someone just needs to sort out the "everything else" side of the equation.

She'll be cohosting a WC soon enough. Big opportunity.

I don't know whether you are old enough to remember the 1992/93 WC. After the decline of WI, before the rise of Australia, there was a window there where, in both forms of the game, Pakistan were looking like the world number one.

As the ICC nabob says, however, the reasons for the decision to move the ICCCT are outside of the PCB's control, but there must be some steps that can be taken to allay the security concerns of touring sides.

"every thing else" is a lot of things. PCB is continue to going to shoot itself on the right foot and the ICC is going to continue to shoot Pakistan cricket on the left foot.

Sri Lanka expected to host Champions Trophy

Not a good choice IMO, if it goes ahead. Weather in SL at that time of the year would not be ideal for cricket to take place. Besides, SL is a crap place to play cricket.

BTW, Australia's department of foreign affairs and trade issues the same travel warning with regard to Sri Lanka (and India, for that matter) as it does for Pakistan.

OP Tipping wrote:IDKAT... the revenue is put towards developing cricket in new countries.

Give the Champions Trophy "window" to the IPL with the conditions they invest twice as much towards developing cricket in new countries as the ICC have budgeted from the Champions Trophy

PlanetPakistan wrote:i think Pakistan should focus on some other sport

how will that solve anything? problem is not the cricket, its hosting it in pakistan. would be the same for other sports i guess. sadly for pakistani cricket its fortunes are linked to the country's fortunes as a whole. once those problems are solved cricket will be back to normal

Zat wrote:
Not sure where it can fit in the window, but surely it's about time Aus got to host something big.

Didn't SA just tour?

"Didn't SA just tour?"

Yeah, we hosted Kallis. He's huge.

The One wrote:

PlanetPakistan wrote:i think Pakistan should focus on some other sport

how will that solve anything? problem is not the cricket, its hosting it in pakistan. would be the same for other sports i guess. sadly for pakistani cricket its fortunes are linked to the country's fortunes as a whole. once those problems are solved cricket will be back to normal

instead of spending the limit resources(money) on security, fixing grounds for Champions trophy/World cup, contructing new grounds, giving money to undeserved players like Faisal Iqbal, S Akhtar etc they should spend money on improving the standard of other sports WITH in the country.

Cricket gets too much attention anyways so now that all roads are blocked from a cricketing side of things they should use this opportunity to "build" other sports like squash where Pakistan produced one world champ after another for 50 straight years yet the game never got the attention that it deserved .... in my 15 years stay in Pakistan i did not see a SINGLE squash court.

PlanetPakistan wrote:in my 15 years stay in Pakistan i did not see a SINGLE squash court.

But you've gotta admit, squash is a pretty shitty spectator sport.

Yeah! But they were good at it. Apart from Geoff Hunt they ruled the world for years.

Do you see us throwing money at curling?

Sarfaraz Nawaz manages to blame India for ICC shifting ICCCT out of Pak.

Former fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz blamed India for pressuring other countries not to play in Pakistan. "Since the Mumbai attacks, India is going all out to isolate Pakistan. India must have pressurised the English-speaking countries not to play in Pakistan," said Nawaz.

BANINDIA

Why bother moving it from one god forsaken shit hole where you may get blown up at any moment to another god forsaken shit hole where you may get blown up at any moment?

It's almost like Australia/England/South Africa/New Zealand are being excluded for some reason...

The subi bloc strikes again.