By CricketCountry Staff
Cricket World Cup organisers said on Thursday that security arrangements won’t be changed even after the Indian government issued an alert possible militant attack on the marquee event.
Published: Mar 11, 2011, 12:50 PM (IST)
Edited: Mar 11, 2011, 12:50 PM (IST)
ICC chief Haroon Logart says security is not an issue
By CricketCountry Staff
Mumbai: Mar 11, 2011
Cricket World Cup organisers said on Thursday that security arrangements won’t be changed even after the Indian government issued an alert possible militant attack on the marquee event.
“We don’t comment on security issues. It’s completely under the jurisdiction of the government. They have taken steps to take care of everything,” tournament director Ratnakar Shetty was quoted by Reuters on Thursday.
International Cricket Council chief executive Haroon Lorgat said before the tournament in a telephone interview that he was confident that all the necessary security arrangements were in place at that time. “It’s in fact a non-issue,” he said.
In 2009 Sri Lankan cricketers came under attack after gunmen fired on their bus in Lahore. Eight people died in the attack and six members of the Sri Lanka team were injured.
Since then, Pakistan, one of the four co-hosts of the World Cup, has not hosted an international cricket match and every sports event in the region has been staged under the shadow of that attack.
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