Pakistan will continue to suggest Dubai and Abu Dhabi as surrogate home venues for the 2011 World Cup and also pursue its legal case against the ICC who, they say, unlawfully stripped Pakistan of its right to host matches in cricket's premier tournament.
ICC officials on Thursday reaffirmed that in light of the Lahore terror attacks, Pakistan will not be hosting any games - though they do stand to benefit financially as co-hosts. More pertinently, the ICC also said that the option of neutral venues - which Pakistan had been pursuing - had also been rejected.
"There is no question of a fifth country," Haroon Lorgat, the ICC chief executive, said. "The board has considered that and decided that 14 matches that were allocated to Pakistan should take place in the other three host countries - India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh."
But Ijaz Butt, PCB chairman, said the option would be discussed again at a meeting of the ICC's central organizing committee (COC). The ICC has asked the COC to meet and report back to the governing body on how Pakistan's share of matches will be divided among the rest. "Without having the full ICC release in front of me, I can say this much that we will make an effort [on trying Abu Dhabi and Dubai as neutral venues] and that remains our suggestion," Butt told Cricinfo.
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