8 Mar 2009

ICC can't guarantee player safety anywhere

1:30 pm on 8 March 2009

The International Cricket Council says it can't guarantee the safety and security of international cricketers in any part of the world in the wake of the Lahore terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team.

Chief executive Haroon Lorgat was asked in Sydney if the ICC was unable to ensure player security at the 2011 World Cup to held on the subcontinent and replied that would be the attitude to any event anywhere in the world

Lorgat says the ICC will issue a more extensive response to the Lahore attack after next month's board meeting.