ICC to Pak’s chances of hosting World Cup in April….

The International Cricket Council does not see cricket returning to Pakistan in the near future and said it will take a final call on the strife-torn nation’s status as a co-host of the 2011 World Cup in its meeting at Dubai next month. “I believe that there is currently great reluctance and rightly so for players to return at this time,” ICC President David Morgan said at a news conference at Lord’s today.

“But the future situation needs not be perpetuated as it is today. We must not believe that Pakistan is going to be unsafe forever and ever, and we must hope that it won’t be unsafe for too long. ” Teams should not be expected to go there in the immediate future but things can change and change quickly,” Morgan said.

Regarding Pakistan’s chances about hosting the World Cup in 2011, the ICC chief said, ” ICC World Cup is due to be staged in Indian subcontinent shared between four countries, that is the current plan and the board will have to think very carefully about the extent to which Pakistan would be used for the event. “