da bet7： The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is to discuss India’s withdrawal fromthe Asian Test Championship when it meets in Sharjah next month
Sports Reporter17-Jan-2002The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is to discuss India’s withdrawal fromthe Asian Test Championship when it meets in Sharjah next month.The ACC meeting slated for Feb 13 will discuss imposing penalties onthe pattern of the International Cricket Council, but their immediateimplementation appears unlikely.India had refused to play Pakistan in Lahore for a match of thechampionship last year and later withdrew from the event. Theirdecision led to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) suffering heavyfinancial losses.The meeting, to be chaired by ACC president, Lt. Gen Tauqir Zia, whoalso heads the PCB, will also decide on setting up a permanentsecretariat. The UAE, Malaysia and Nepal are the three venues inconsideration.The development programme from April 2002 to March 2003 will also beconsidered for approval.The ACC moot will be preceded by a meeting of the Asian CricketFoundation (ACF) on Feb 12. The agenda of the meeting which is to bechaired by Jagmohan Dalmiya has not been circulated yet.Besides the four chief executives of the cricket boards of Pakistan,India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, Abdul Rehman Bukhatir of theCricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS) will also be in attendance.