| MUMBAI:
The International Cricket Council (ICC) board meets in Dubai on 17 and 18 April.
Among other things, it will consider the Indian Cricket League's (ICL) application
for ICC approval to stage unofficial cricket. This
will be the second of the four scheduled meetings it holds in a year. The board
will receive a report on the terrorist attack on the Sri Lanka team and ICC match
officials that took place in Lahore on 3 March, the scheduled third day of the
second Test between Pakistan and the visiting side. Emirates
Elite Panel ICC match referee Chris Broad, who was on duty for the match, will
be present on behalf of the match officials to relate his experiences of the incident,
make representations and be available to answer any questions the board may have. Also
present will be Pakistan captain Younus Khan while Mahela Jaywardena, the Sri
Lanka captain at the time, will be available from South Africa via telephone hook-up. The
board will consider the implications of the incident for the ICC and its members
in both the immediate future and the longer term, including any potential impact
on plans for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. The board will also consider means
of further promoting Test cricket, which it says is the pinnacle of the game. | 
