Priority should be player safety
An editorial in the New Zealand Herald ponders the consequences if countries send under-strength teams to the Champions Trophy in Pakistan
Cricinfo
25-Feb-2013
An editorial in the New Zealand Herald ponders the consequences if countries send under-strength teams to the Champions Trophy in Pakistan. It also thinks the ICC's decision to not change the venue of the tournament is ill-advised.
If a string of suicide bomb attacks in the past 12 months had killed more than 1000 people in a country scheduled imminently to host soccer's World Cup or the Olympics, the event would undoubtedly be shifted to a safer venue. The international purview of such occasions would guarantee as much. So why has the International Cricket Council decided to keep its Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan?The answer lies in the financial power of its Asian members.
In the same paper, David Leggat outlines New Zealand Cricket's predicament.