Published: Jan 29, 2013, 02:40 PM (IST)
Edited: Jan 29, 2013, 02:40 PM (IST)
An ICC Spokesperson confirmed that the Pakistan women’s team was staying at the Barabati Stadium © AFP
New Delhi: Jan 29, 2013
Pakistan team manager Ayesha Ashar said, on Tuesday, the entire squad was happy with the arrangements made at the Barabati stadium where the Pakistan’s women cricketers are staying.
The entire squad is living in the clubhouse of the Barabati stadium at Cuttack, where Pakistan are due to play their matches in the eight-nation tournament starting on Thursday.
“The arrangements are more like we get in Pakistan,” Ashar was quoted as saying by the Press Trust of India news agency. “We are happy with the facilities provided to us by the organisers.”
“I can confirm the team is staying at the Barabati stadium,” an ICC spokeswoman told AFP from Cuttack.
“The ICC considered all options and the best security for the teams, and we have chosen to use the Barabati stadium clubhouse.”
Cuttack was added as a last-minute venue after the right-wing nationalist Shiv Sena party threatened to disrupt Pakistan’s matches in Mumbai, where the entire tournament was originally scheduled to be played.
Matches in group B — featuring Pakistan, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa — were shunted to Cuttack, where Pakistan will remain if they qualify for the second round.
But the Pakistani team will still have to travel to Mumbai if they make the final at the Brabourne stadium on February 17.
Pakistan open their campaign against Australia at the Barabati stadium on Friday.
