Pakistan Cricketers Appeal to ICC After Australian Snub

by Jon Azpiri | September 18, 2008 at 01:46 pm

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The Pakistani Cricket Board is asking the International Cricket Council to change how national cricket teams plan their international tours. The request is a result of the Australian cricket team choosing to visit India, which recently suffered through a series of bomb blasts, while refusing to tour neighbouring Pakistan due to security concerns.

"This pick-and-choose policy must stop. The ICC needs to change the rules," said ex-Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja.

Another ex-captain, Intikhab Alam, backed the call for the ICC to step in.

"I think it is time the ICC played a stronger role and made sure that countries like Australia didn't pick and choose their tours," he said.