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Pakistan considers China as neutral cricket venue

THE Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is considering China as a neutral venue for its international cricket matches as foreign teams continue to stay away from the South Asian country due to security reasons.

According to PCB sources, Pakistan's former captain and batsman Javed Miandad has written to the board to take special steps to finalize China as a neutral venue for internationals.

"We should take immediate and solid steps to decide this issue soon before time passes away," warned Miandad, a PCB director and Pakistan's cricket ambassador to China.

He added that Pakistan should help China technically to establish cricket infrastructure and new stadia.

As a first attempt, sources said Pakistan would back China on December 12 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, when it makes a bid to host the 2012 Asia Cup in Guangzhou, which hosted the first-ever Asian Games cricket tournament last month.

If China succeeds in winning the rights to host the event, it will be the first major international cricket event in China.

Syed Ashraful Haq, chief executive of the Asian Cricket Council, also confirmed that the Chinese Cricket Association had "expressed its interest" in hosting the 2012 Asia Cup.



 

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