ECB confirm request for Zimbabwe move
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today confirmed that it will be making a submission to the ICC World Cup Technical Committee to request that England's match in Harare on February 13th be moved to South Africa for safety and security reasons.
The England & Wales Cricket Board (ECB) today confirmed that it will be making a submission to the ICC World Cup Technical Committee to request that England's match in Harare on February 13th be moved to South Africa for safety and security reasons.
The England Captain, Head Coach and the Professional Cricketers Association are fully aware, and supportive of, the ECB's intentions to ask for the match to be moved.
The ECB will, via email, lodge the submission by 10.00pm (GMT) on Wednesday, February 5th. Tim Lamb, Chief Executive of the ECB, Mark Roper-Drimie, ECB Director of Legal Affairs, and Mark Gay of Denton Wilde Sapte Solicitors, will present the application in Cape Town after arriving on the morning of February 6th.
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