According to breaking cricket news there is now one more reason why it will be England and not South Africa that will be hosting the T20 cricket tournament of the IPL this year: The ECB has expressed its willingness to do so, according to reports in the cricket news. “We have a very good relationship with the BCCI if they need any help on matters. We normally talk to them a great deal and we would be delighted to help again," ECB chairman Giles Clark was reported as having said.

 

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Meanwhile President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) David Morgan has expressed his ‘surprise’ at the IPL having been moved out of India. He also felt that it was rather short notice for any other country to be able to get things organised soon enough to be able to stage the tournament.

"That is quite surprising news, they have had real difficulties with the elections on in India. I honestly don't know (where it will be staged) but the rumours were that South Africa was a likely relocation destination but there has been nothing official. It's the beginning of the season in England and Wales and there is a lot of Twenty20 cricket being played including the ICC World Twenty20. I do think there will be great difficulties in relocating it."

Reactions to the IPL being shifted out of India are trickling in from different quarters with Indian seamer Zaheer Khan indicating his displeasure with the idea because he fears for the future of cricket in India. Zaheer was quoted in the cricket news as having said that this move was a bad omen for cricket in Asia and that it would cause doubt in the minds of people who doubt the ability of the Asian countries to be able to host the next world cup.

"It is bad news for Asian cricket. The shifting of the IPL outside India will send wrong signals to the rest of the world that this region is not safe to host international cricket,” he said. He indicated that this is a problem that all cricket playing nations in Asia faced, particularly Pakistan. "Pakistan is the biggest victim of this problem. But now India has also been affected. Unless we come out with concrete steps, things will get worse for us and there is a big possibility that we might also lose the hosting rights for the next World Cup," he was quoted in the cricket news as having said.

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