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PILCOM keeps parley on
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: Cricket's administrators on Wednesday were involved in hectic consultations over Srl Lanka's fate as World Cup hosts, but a decision was unlikely to be taken before the weekend, report agencies.
Organisers said they were talking long-distance with officials in Australia and the West Indies, who have refused to play In Sri Lanka for security reasons following last week's bomb blasts in Colombo which killed over 80 people.
"We are in touch with Australia. the West Indies and the International Cricket Council (ICC) and trying to hammer out a solution," a senior member of the Joliet Pak-Indo-Lanka organising committee (PILCOM) said here.
"But a final decision is likely to be taken only when we sit across the table with everyone concerned in Calcutta this weekend." he said.
The meeting is expected to be attended by representatives from Australia, West Indies. Zimbabwe. Kenya and the three host countries — India. Pakistan and Srl Lanka, said Jagmohan Dalmiya. convener of the organising committee.
Clyde Walcott, chairman of the International Cricket Council, is also scheduled to attend the meeting.
Organisers have written to Denis Rogers, the chairman of the Australian Cricket
Board, but have not received an answer to the requeirt to attend Saturday's meeting.
The opening ceremony of the 12-nation tournament Is scheduled to be held In Calcutta on Sunday.
Australia and- the West Indies are scheduled to play Srl Lanka in Colombo on February 17 and 25 respectively. Two other teams playing in Srl Lanka, Zimbabwe and Kenya, have confirmed they will be going there.
Any decision on whether the organisers will seek compensation from Australia and the West Indies if they forfeit their matches has also been put on hold till after the weekend's meetings, the official said.
"We don't want to jump the gun. We are confident a compromise will be worked out to everyone's satisfaction. The World Cup is an important event. No one will want to ruin it.” he said.
There is going to De an informal meeting in Calcutta on Saturday at which this issue will be thrashed out." Mof Control for Cricket
ia (BCCI) president In-derjit Btndra said by telephone from Chandigarh.
The PILCOM (India-Pakistan-Lanka Committee) decision is that the matches cannot be shifted without the concurrence of the Srl Lankan cricket board. The request to shift the match out of Colombo has to come from Sri Lanka."
Bindra. who is a member of PILCOM. said cricket officials would begin assembling in the eastern Indian city on Saturday for the World Cup’s inaugural ceremony the following day and the issue would be sorted out then.
International Cricket Council (ICC) chairman Sir Clyde Walcott said in a statement issued by the Londonbased organisation that the game’s world body was concerned at the situation after the two key teams wanted a change of venue.
PILCOM convenor secretary Jagmohan Dalmiya said the organisers would leave no stone unturned to keep the matches on schedule.
"We will try until the last minute to persuade Australia and the West Indies to go to Sri Lanka." Dalmiya said by phone from Calcutta.
The PILCOM decision has been communicated to the Australian and West Indies cricket boards.
"I personally talked to Australian Cricket Board (ACB) chief executive Graham Hablish on Tuesday for half an hour and 1 suppose that i» official.’’