A meeting took place on Wednesday at the ICC’s offices in Dubai to discuss the ICC Champions Trophy, due to be held next month in Pakistan.
The meeting, scheduled in the wake of task team representatives visiting Pakistan last week, was a
ttended by ICC President David Morgan, Vice President Sharad Pawar and Haroon Lorgat, the Chief Executive.The meeting discussed feedback from task team briefings with stakeholders from England, Australia and New Zealand.
As a result of that feedback, Wednesday’s meeting agreed that, subject to confirmation from the relevant participants, teleconferences would be called of the task team and the ICC Board.
It is anticipated the task team hook-up will take place on Friday 22 August and the ICC Board hook-up will be held on Sunday 24 August. Timings are to be confirmed.
Prior to those hook-ups, ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat will meet with Cricket South Africa officials to brief them on the safety and security measures in place for the tournament.
Wednesday’s meeting involving Messrs Morgan, Pawar and Lorgat was also attended by Shafqat Nahgmi, the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Chief Operating Officer.
The task team, constituted by an ICC Board hook-up of 24 July, has two functions:
To ensure the effective implementation of the recommendations of the ICC’s independent security advisors; and
Liaise with various stakeholders, including embassies within Pakistan and other Governments, on an ongoing basis to ensure effective communication and the management of any concerns that may exist.
The task team includes not only Messrs Morgan, Pawar and Lorgat but also representatives of the ICC’s official broadcast partner ESPN STAR Sports and the Federation of International Cricketers’ Associations (FICA).
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