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Article: New ICC initiative might let ECB off Zimbabwe hook Scyld Berry believes that increased security fears will present England with a way out of their opening World Cup match next month
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- The Sunday Telegraph London
- Article date:
- January 12, 2003
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A second delegation which the ICC are ready to send to Zimbabwe in
the next fortnight are likely to find the face-saving formula which
prevents England from playing their World Cup opener there next
month.
While the ECB are expected to confirm at their management board
meeting on Tuesday that England will play in Harare on Feb 13, in
spite of any player misgivings, the ICC are likely to find that the
security situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated to the point where
they can say it is not safe for the players to go.
As Malcolm Gray, the president of the ICC, remarked in Hobart on
Friday: "If a safety issue overtakes the political issue, that may
solve the problem" - for everyone except the ...