Swap venues of 2011 WC with 2015 WC: Imran Khan

Imran Khan said that the ICC should swap the 2011 and 2015 World Cup venues,rather than deprive Pak of its matches in the earlier tournament.

Former Pakistan captain Imran Khan said that the International Cricket Council should swap the 2011 and 2015 World Cup venues,rather than deprive Pakistan of its matches in the earlier tournament.

“Pakistan should have gathered the support of its Asian partners and swapped the 2011 World Cup with Australia (and New Zealand) because the situation could improve by 2015,” Khan said in an interview.

The 2011 event was scheduled for India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka and Bangladesh but the International Cricket Council (ICC) has stripped Pakistan of these matches because of the country’s “uncertain security situation.”

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Khan’s appeal for a swap with 2015 co-hosts Australia and New Zealand echoes a call made this week by Javed Miandad,the director-general of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Miandad made the call for a swap with the 2015 hosts after the PCB filed a protest against the ICC’s decision to deprive Pakistan of its World Cup matches.

However,Khan,who is in Dubai for the relocated Pakistan-Australia limited overs series,said there was no question of Pakistan hosting international cricket in the near future,because it was now caught up in someone else’s war.

“I would blame the governments of (former military ruler) Pervez Musharraf and (current president) Asif Zardari for the situation,” said Khan,who heads his own political party Tehrik-e-Insaaf (Movement for Justice).

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