Approval of replacement players for Zimbabwe and Pakistan ahead of ICC Champions Trophy in India

The Technical Committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 has approved replacements for two players who were originally due to take part in the tournament but have since been forced to pull out.

Faisal Iqbal has been named to replace Inzamam-ul-Haq, who is suspended for four One Day Internationals following an ICC Code of Conduct hearing in London last week.

Tafadzwa Mufambisi has been approved to replace Vusi Sibanda in the Zimbabwe squad.

The committee has also received a request to replace Australian fast bowler Stuart Clark with Dan Cullen and it is hoped that it will approve that replacement within the next 24 hours.

The committee has also agreed to change the start times of all matches in the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 from 14:15 local time to 14:30 local time. This change has been made to accommodate broadcasters covering the event.

The Technical Committee of the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 is made of the following personnel: David Richardson (chairman, ICC representative), Campbell Jamieson (IDI representative), Ian Bishop (independent nomination), Rameez Raja (independent nomination), MP Pandove (BCCI representative), Prof R Shetty (tournament director).