Sports: PCB concerned over Pak players’ security
Published by UPKNews Staff on Thursday, 21st July @ 5:28 am

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KARACHI, Sindh - It is now the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s turn to express security concerns when Pakistan tour England next year in wake of the recent tragic bomb blasts and loss of life in London. PCB’s chairman Shaharyar Khan in an exclusive interview to Voice of America (VOA) Urdu Service from London admitted that tension in some parts of England was on the rise and the PCB will have to evaluate the situation before touring England next year.

He said that the PCB, if needed, will certainly press for change of venues that it may not deem secure when Pakistan tour England in 2006 as sensitivities of both the sides are to be realised and accepted. The Pakistan cricket team is scheduled to undertake a tour of England in July next year.

Shaharyar Khan was of the view that following the blasts in London there was tension in some parts of England that will need to be assessed next year before Pakistan’s tour of England.

Shaharyar Khan dismissed the notion of former captain Javed Miandad calling for the cancellation of England’s tour of Pakistan in October this year, if England did not agree to play a Test match in Karachi. "Acting on such advise would mean the end of international cricket in Pakistan and I feel that things can improve by playing cricket rather than cancellation of cricketing ties," Khan said.

When asked to comment on a reported confession of a PCB accountant accusing that former manager National Stadium, Razaullah Khan, was involved in financial misappropriation, Shaharyar Khan praised Razaullah by saying that he has served and supported the PCB a lot over the years, therefore, such minor things should not be made into an issue.

"I would not like to comment on such allegations and if the need arose, an inquiry could be conducted by the PCB," Shaharyar Khan concluded.
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i seriously doubt English crowd will ever come down to that level. Besides that all the explosions that are taking place are done by extremists. Their priority is to kill English people not to target visiting teams.

Yeh,thats right they should be concerned becuz of all the bombing and all the stuff that has been happening whoever is doing we dont know and we dont care we should only be concerned abt teh safety of our cricket team as everyone else is.

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Wrong time to say that by the PCB.

England still have to tour Pak this year and after these comments could refuse to play in Pak.

It's good that PCB have said it.

The London blasts are a case of concern. During the blasts also some muslims has died. And you never know that someone will blast, perhaps with or without knowing it, where the Pakistani squad resides there in England.

At this moment I would say they shouldn't play in London. There are enough cricket grounds in England and Wales.

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Maybe. But the same can be said abt some of the places in Pakistan. The ECB can always refuse to tour Pakistan this year.

The comments made do look immature. Its as if the PCB is trying to give the ECB a tit for tat. Nothing wrong with it, but the timing ain't right.

man now da pcb is becomin like da ecb lol if u kno wat i mean juss think why wud pakistani cricketers do sumtin like dat man this is juss crazy

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I never thought pakistan or PCB would ever say sucha thing, it's always pakistan defending itself to get a match in pakistan. We shouldn't look too far ahead, they should be concern over the England coming to pakistan not the other way around. yes it will be a concern but the tour is like one year away. They should be worried over haveing a good security for england matches.