There is no one-to-one meeting scheduled between the officials ofthe Indian and Pakistani Cricket Boards and the two-day Asian CricketCouncil meeting in Lahore would only discuss matters relating to thedevelopment of cricket in the region, said
25-May-2001There is no one-to-one meeting scheduled between the officials ofthe Indian and Pakistani Cricket Boards and the two-day Asian CricketCouncil meeting in Lahore would only discuss matters relating to thedevelopment of cricket in the region, said Cricket Board secretary JaywantLele.The meeting, which started in Lahore on Thursday, had generatedconsiderable interest with speculations that BCCI president A CMuthiah and PCB chief Lt Gen Tauqir Zia may meet to discuss the Indiangovernment’s refusal to allow its cricket team to play a bilateralseries with Pakistan.However, Lele told PTI on phone that the ACC meeting was an’informal get-together’ of the heads of the Cricket Boards of thecountries in the region and on the opening day it discussedmatters of mutual interest.”There is no meeting between Muthiah and Zia on the cards,” Lelesaid. The meeting will decide on the proper utilisation of the $6.5million provided by International Cricket Council for the developmentof the game in the region and finalise the schedules for the Asia Cup,to be played in Pakistan next year, and the Asian Test Championship.
