Tuesday, July 15, 2008

India refuse to change England tour itinerary

India will not alter the schedule of England's cricket tour later this year despite protests from the visitors about being made to play in smaller venues, an official said on Tuesday. On Monday it was upset that India's regular Test venues like Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai and Mohali were not given matches during the six-week tour.

India want the two Tests in December to be played in Ahmedabad and Mumbai, while the seven preceding one-dayers were spread across various centres like Rajkot, Guwahati, Cuttack and Jamshedpur.The itinerary for the England tour has been finalised on the basis of this rotation policy.

The website, which belongs to the official broadcaster of the series, Nimbus Communications, reported that Shah was unhappy that the ECB had made its protest public. ECB has chosen to air its grievances over this policy in the media, whenever the Indian team has toured England, some of the venues have not been up to the mark in terms of facilities for Indian players and supporters

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