Pakistan, England to play disability series in Feb
- November 28, 2013, 6:30 pm
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KARACHI, Nov 28 (APP): The second disability cricket series
between Pakistan and England would be played in Dubai (UAE) in
February 2014, Pakistan Disable Cricket Association (PDCA) announced
on Thursday.
This was decided after the meeting of PDCA delegation headed
by President Saleem Karim and Secretary Amiruddin Ansari and Head of
Disability, England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) Ian Martin and
Support Officer Richard Hill during their meeting in London.
During the short series two T20 Internationals and three
One-Day Internationals comprising of 40 overs will be played.
It was discussed during the meeting that a match or two may
be staged either at Dubai Sports Stadium, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi
apart from ICC Academy Ground in Dubai.
A final meeting to confirm the series arrangements should be
held in Dubai at a later stage may in December.
During the meeting it was decided to raise the question of
whether a joint proposition be put to the ICC to cover the cost of the
series.
However, Ian Martin stated that at the moment the ICC do not
have a mandate from their members to support disability cricket in
this way and at present he felt that it was the responsibility of both
ECB and PDCA cover the cost of the series.
ECB Disability official said that disability cricket is now
on their ICC's radar and that ICC are seeking to agree a framework as
to how to work with world bodies that control disabled cricket.
PDCA Secretary Amiruddin Ansari suggested that invitations
be sent out to representatives for disability cricket across the Test
playing nations to the event in Dubai.
Ian Martin supported the idea and said it was a
possibility; however, he felt that as part of an invite, those
accepting might be expected to be accommodated and that ECB did not
have the available funding to facilitate this.
Saleem Karim put forward the proposal that other countries
such as Australia and New Zealand involved in disabled cricket.
