PCB proposes relief match....

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PCB proposes relief match to Sri Lanka and India

KARACHI: Cricket officials in Pakistan, which was spared from a deadly tidal wave that devastated neighbouring countries, on Wednesday proposed to Sri Lanka and India that a flood-relief one-day fundraising match be organised to help the victims.

“We have sent a proposal to them pressing on the need to organise a relief fund match for the victims of the devastation caused by the earthquake and tsunami in India, Sri Lanka and other parts of the world,” Shahryar Khan, chief of the Pakistan Cricket Board, told a news conference.

“We are as devastated as the other people are and feel that we must do something through cricket,” he said. The match could be between Pakistan and India, Pakistan and Sri-Lanka or between an Asian XI or World XI “as soon as we get time,” Shahryar said.

PCB has also sought the International Cricket Council’s approval, he said. afp

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Re: PCB proposes relief match....

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“as soon as we get time,” Shahryar said.
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I don't want to nit-pick on a noble cause.. but come on... 80,000+ people dead... and epidemics about to spread... and they will do something about it, "as soon as they get time"? I hope the desperate people in India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Thailand can wait till our cricketers' schedule frees up a little bit.

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^
agar aisi baat na karo (har baat me keeRay nikalnay wali) to phir pakistani kyoon kehlaaao… :rolleyes:

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^ lol.

I think it is a noble cause and even if it doesn't materialize its really the thought that counts.

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just read on skytext icc r considering a asian x1 v world x1

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it is confirmed…

ICC announces two-match fund-raising series

Cricinfo staff

January 1, 2005

The world’s top cricketers will participate in a two-match one-day series to be played in Australia and Asia to raise funds to support the victims of the tsumani disaster that has devastated thousands of lives in a multitude of countries across the Indian ocean.

The matches will be played between an ICC XI and an Asian XI, with the first game at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on January 10. The second one-dayer will be played some time in February or March, at a venue which will be decided later by the Asian Cricket Council, the ICC announced today.

The ICC XI, to be picked by Richard Hadlee, the former New Zealand allrounder and Steve Waugh, the former Australian captain, will be announced on Sunday and is expected to include players from Australia, New Zealand and West Indies. The Asian XI, consisting of players from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, will be announced on Monday.

Channel 9, the Australian broadcaster, has already committed to televising the first match live in Australia while negotiations are on with international broadcasters for the rights for the first match in the overseas market.

Ehsan Mani, the ICC president, said that the enormous goodwill across the cricket playing world had made the matches possible at such short notice. “Like the rest of the world, the international cricket community is shocked at the scale of the devastation caused by this disaster.”

Jagmohan Dalmiya, the president of the Asian Cricket Council, believed that these matches would be able to generate millions of dollars to be used to help rebuild people’s lives. These matches are in addition to several other fundraising initiatives already undertaken by the cricket community across the world. These include £120,000 donated by the Indian board, Aus$34,000 donated jointly by the Australian Test team and Cricket Australia, and £20,000 from the England team and its players association. The Indian team will also donate their payments from one ODI match to the Indian Prime Minister’s Relief Fund, while the Bangladesh Cricket Board has pledged the gate receipts from its upcoming series against Zimbabwe, estimated at $10,000, to relief efforts.

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