Date:05/12/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/12/05/stories/2008120562131900.htm

Sport - Cricket

ACC meeting today

Colombo: Cricket bosses of Asian countries will meet here on Friday to discuss the impact of the Mumbai terror attacks on the sub-continent’s cricketing calendar.

Although the Mumbai carnage is not listed in the agenda, the issue is likely to come up for discussions when the top officials of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh meet for the Asian Cricket Council meeting.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)’s new chairman Ijaz Butt may also take the opportunity to discuss the upcoming India-Pakistan series with his Indian counterpart.

There is intense speculation that the series could be cancelled following the Mumbai carnage. The meeting will also see Butt taking over as the ACC President a post which has been lying vacant since Nasim Ashraf resigned as PCB chairman in August. — PTI