Source: Cricinfo
Pakistan’s recently instated chairman, Ijaz Butt, has wholeheartedly welcomed the news that the Champions Trophy will finally go ahead in 2009.
Yesterday, the ICC rescheduled the tournament to take place next September, after it was abandoned earlier this year due to security concerns over the country’s political stability.
“Of course, it’s a big relief,” Butt told […]

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Source: The Canadian Press
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan may not host the Champions Trophy tournament next year due to security concerns, a top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board said Wednesday.
“Everybody knows about the present security situation in Pakistan,” PCB chairman PCB Ijaz Butt told reporters in the eastern city of Lahore. “We have to look […]

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Source: International Herald Tribune
KARACHI: Former Pakistan captains Ramiz Raja and Intikhab Alam have urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to review its rules to make sure countries do not pick and choose tours.
Their demand follows Australia’s decision on government advice to go ahead with their tour of India despite last week’s bomb blasts in New […]

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Source: Cricket Next
Mumbai: Pakistan’s dream of hosting the Champions Trophy next year is already turning sour. The BCCI has made it clear they won’t change their schedule to play in the tournament.
For the Pakistan Cricket Board, this is a frightening development. Their most trusted ally appears to have dumped them but the message from the […]

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Source: Hindustan Times
Pakistan will retain the right to host the International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy even though it has been postponed from September 2008 to about a year later.
“Pakistan retains the hosting rights and we will continue to review the safety and security situation,” ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat told reporters here Thursday after […]

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Source: The Press Association
Pakistan are looking to finalise dates for the Champions Trophy at an executive committee meeting of the International Cricket Council on Tuesday.
The Champions Trophy was originally scheduled to be held in Pakistan from September 12-28 but was postponed for 13 months by the International Cricket Council due to security concerns.
Pakistan still retain […]

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Source: The Statesman
NEW DELHI, Sept.1: “I hope Pakistan host the Champions Trophy next year,” said Wasim Akram (Photo right) at a Press conference at Feroz Shah Kotla stadium here today. Akram was in the city for the week long coaching camp for school children.
Asked how the postponement of the Champions Trophy will affect Pakistani cricket, […]

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Source: AFP
Former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul Haq on Tuesday offered to talk to players considering a boycott of September’s Champions Trophy, saying he would help to allay their security concerns.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) announced last week that the tournament would stay in Pakistan, prompting fears of a boycott by non-Asian countries which opposed the decision.
“If […]

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Source: Press Trust of India

Miffed with the ICC for retaining Pakistan as the venue for this year’s Champions Trophy, the Australian Cricketers’ Association (ACA) today called on Ricky Ponting’s men to pull out of the tournament.
“If it continues in Pakistan at this volatile time, unfortunately many of the world’s best players won’t participate, which is […]

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Source: Cricinfo

The ICC will hold a teleconference on Thursday to decide on whether the Champions Trophy should go ahead as scheduled in Pakistan or be shifted out to in case countries are not satisfied with the security situation there.
A teleconference of the ICC executive board “will take place on Thursday to take a decision […]

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Source: Cricket 365.com
Sri Lanka Cricket Interim Committee chief Arjuna Ranatunga on Friday backed Pakistan as hosts of the Champions Trophy despite ongoing security concerns.
The tournament is scheduled to be held in Pakistan from September 11 to 28, but several Australian and New Zealand players have said they would not tour despite assurances on safety from […]

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Source: Australian News.Net

Clouds of uncertainty loomed large over the Champions Trophy in Pakistan as New Zealand Cricket Players’ Association (NZCPA) joined voices with its Australian counterpart in strongly objecting to the holding of the event in September, the month of Ramadan, due to concerns over safety and security of players.
NZCPA said death threats were made […]

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