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Article: CRICKET: Government rejects ECB compensation plea
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 10, 2003
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THE STRAINED relationship between the English cricket authorities
and the Government became a bitter public war of words yesterday as
the two sides failed to reach any agreement over England's scheduled
World Cup match in Zimbabwe next month.
A meeting in London between England and Wales Cricket Board
officials and ministers ended with the Government restating its wish
that England should not play in Harare on the grounds that it would
hand a propaganda coup to Robert Mugabe's regime. But in a move that
puts into jeopardy any agreement being reached, it also made clear
its refusal to reimburse the ECB for any financial loss which it
might suffer. The indications were that the ECB might be ...