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Mumbai, July 21: The tight schedule of the
Indian team has made it virtually impossible to squeeze in a
special Twenty20 tie to raise funds for Pakistan's late coach
Bob Woolmer's cricket academy project when they visit India
later this year, BCCI said today.
"Where's the time. We have such a tight
schedule and I don't think it's possible," BCCI Secretary
Niranjan Shah said in reaction to a media statement from the
Pakistan Cricket Board that it was willing to play the tie
during their teams tour of India in November-December. Pakistan
are due to play five ODIs and three Test matches when they tour
India between November 1 and December 13.
Shah also said the BCCI was yet to be
approached by their Pak counterparts on the matter though it has
received a letter from Woolmer's widow Gill who wants the
organisation of a Twenty20 tie to raise funds for the academy in
memory of Woolmer who died in Jamaica in March during the World
Cup.
In an official statement on its website today
the PCB said it had already communicated to the late Woolmer's
wife Gill of its commitment to play this match and will
certainly opt for any venue that the host Board agrees upon, be
it England and Wales Cricket Board or BCCI as desired by her.
"In this regard, PCB is even willing to play this match during
the forthcoming Pakistan tour to India in November-December 2007
and consent from BCCI is awaited on this," it added. (Agencies)
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