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Pakistan News (Free subscription) | yesterday
BRISBANE:Australia’s cricketers remain concerned with the security situation in Pakistan and will refuse to travel there for next month’s Champions Trophy, local media reported on Wednesday. Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive Paul Marsh told The Australian newspaper that a meeting between players, an ICC taskforce and Cricket Australia representatives in Melbourne...
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The Telegraph India (Free subscription) | yesterday
Calcutta/London: Even as the International Cricket Council (ICC) said on Tuesday that they will go ahead with the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, The Australian quoted Australian Cricketers Association (ACA) chief executive Paul Marsh as saying that the players have refused to participate.
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IOL (Free subscription) | yesterday
Australia's Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh says the defending champions will not participate in next month's Champions Trophy tournament in Pakistan due to security concerns.The eight-country limited-overs tournament, scheduled from September 12-28, has been under threat due to recent bombings and suicide attacks."Our position is that we can't recommend the players to tour Pakistan,"...
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Big News Network.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
... can hardly be seen as a move that would decrease the chances of bombs going off in the country. Paul Marsh, the head of the Australian Cricketers Association, said that the danger posed by suicide bombers could not be eased, even with beefed-up security. "Our position is that we can't recommend the players tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. Obviously, we put a position forward...
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Cricinfo (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Australian Cricketers' Association has rejected suggestions that it ignored a comprehensive report on the security situation in Pakistan when making its decision to advise Australia's players not to tour. The ACA chief executive Paul Marsh said the organisation relied heavily on an assessment from the Australian security expert Reg Dickason, who visited Pakistan briefly in June.
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Thaindian News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... can hardly be seen as a move that would decrease the chances of bombs going off in the country.Paul Marsh, the head of the Australian ers Association, said that the danger posed by suicide bombers could not be eased, even with beefed-up security.“Our position is that we can”t recommend the players tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy. Obviously, we put a position forward a few weeks...
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Keo.co.za (Free subscription) | yesterday
Cricket South Africa are expected to follow the lead set by Australia by pulling out of next month’s ICC Champions Trophy.The Australian Cricketers’ Association has told its members not to travel to Pakistan for the ODI competition due to security concerns and it is now expected that South Africa, England and New Zealand will soon follow suit.ACA chief Paul Marsh has said that he does...
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News.com.au (Free subscription) | yesterday
AUSTRALIA'S cricketers have officially declared they will not tour Pakistan for next month's Champions Trophy.Australian Cricketers' Association chief Paul Marsh said a meeting between players, an ICC taskforce and Cricket Australia representatives in Melbourne last Friday had done nothing to ease concerns about touring the strife-torn country. "The ACA has discussed the situation with...
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Hindu (Free subscription) | yesterday
... tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy,” Australian Cricketers Association (ACA )chief executive Paul Marsh was quoted as saying in The Australian newspaper on Tuesday.Although Cricket Australia did not pull out of the event officially, they have clearly voiced their reservations of playing in Pakistan and are currently waiting for an official report from the ICC. “The ICC has got...
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The Independent (Free subscription) | yesterday
... have to be moved to Sri Lanka for the eight competing countries to confirm their participation. Paul Marsh, the head of the Australian Cricketers Association, said that the danger posed by suicide bombers could not be eased, even with beefed-up security. "Our position is that we can't recommend the players tour Pakistan for the Champions Trophy," said Marsh. "Obviously, we...
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ABC (Free subscription) | yesterday
... views on after they have their meeting today."The head of the Australian Cricketers Association, Paul Marsh, says touring Pakistan is simply too dangerous at the moment."We've got a great deal of sympathy for the Pakistan Cricket Board and the people over there but it is our job to advise our players over issues of safety," he said."We just don't believe it's acceptably safe for them...
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The Telegraph (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... was making reassuring noises at a press conference in London, news was filtering through that Paul Marsh, chief executive of the Australian Players’ Association, had recommended that his members should not go to the Champions Trophy. “We feel for the Pakistan Cricket Board and the people of Pakistan but it is the job of the ACA to make recommendations to our members based on whether...
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International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
... bomb blasts."Our position is that we can't recommend the players tour Pakistan," ACA chief Paul Marsh was quoted as saying in Wednesday's edition of The Australian newspaper. "Obviously, we put a position forward a few weeks ago (to the ICC) to that effect but we said we would keep an open mind with the task force, which we did."We heard them speak on Friday. Now we have had a chance...
