Karachi, July 25: PCB chief Ejaz Butt will meet ICC president David Morgan on Tuesday to decide if they should stop pursuing legal action against the governing body over the shifting of the World Cup matches from the country. “Any decision on dropping the plan to pursue legal action against the ICC would be taken after the board Chairman, Ejaz Butt meets with the ICC President, David Morgan on July 28,” legal advisor of the board, Tafazzul Rizvi told PTI. Rizvi said legal action was one of several strategic options under consideration by the PCB in its fight to remain hosts of the 2011 World Cup and derive maximum benefits.
A report in “Dawn” newspaper said that the English lawyer of the board, Mark Gay had advised the board to take back its decision of filing legal action questioning the authority of the ICC to make the decision. The ICC in April decided to move away the World Cup matches from Pakistan because of security issues in the country.
It has also rejected a proposal by Pakistan to allow it to host its share of matches at neutral venues. Rizvi said that PCB had achieved 70 per cent of what it had in mind when it decided to pursue legal action against the International Cricket Council.
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