Bacher asks England to make up their mind quickly

Dr Ali Bacher, executive director of the 2003 World Cup, has made an urgent and passionate call to the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) CEO Tim Lamb to announce a final decision on whether his team will play in Zimbabwe or not.

Dr Bacher, as an ex-Test player and administrator, has requested that the England Board and players, in fairness to South Africa, Africa and the World Cup tournament make up their minds and commit themselves to either going to Zimbabwe or staying in South Africa.

"This has been going on since England were in Australia and still they are not able to come to any decisions. There are sponsors to cater for, there are spectators to advise, there are travel arrangements to be made and it is just not fair on any of these people to suspect of them to logistically organize a cricket match in one day", Dr Bacher stressed in a strongly-worded press conference at the Wanderers stadium.