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South Africa threatens to cancel England tour

London Feb. 10. Adding a new twist to the controversy over England's reluctance to play Zimbabwe in Harare, South Africa has threatened to cancel its England tour this summer if Nasser Hussain's men refuse to take the field against its neighbours.

During Saturday's World Cup opening ceremony in Cape Town, United Cricket Board of South Africa president Percy Sonn told David Morgan, the chairman of the England and Wales Cricket Board, that if England did not go to Zimbabwe, South Africa might refuse to play a five-Test series in England this summer, the Daily Telegraph reported on Monday.

A pull-out by South Africa could prove financially disastrous to English cricket.

The South Africans see this World Cup as belonging to all of Africa and are determined to see the matches in Zimbabwe go ahead as scheduled.

— PTI

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