Eligibility on Asian agenda
NZPA-Reuter New MU Tke iaae ef VerM Cm eligibility ef cricketers with Seeth Atricaa Haiti wiH be debated at a neettag et tbe Asiaa Cricket Ceafereace at New MU teday. iays aa ladiaa cricket efflcial. The eKtetai, wbe did act waat te be sained, aaid a nnttied stance ea the tame by Asiaa crieket-ataylag aaiieas weald be at the meeting. \--f < India and Pakistan. are jeint heats et the eenietitien, te take place ia October and Nevember. NeaAaian teams narticipatiag include England, Ndw Zealand and Anstralla.'' England, in particular to likely to choose players who have either played er coached In South Africa — notably. Graham >.Geaeh, John Emburey, Graham Oilley and Chris Broad — aad has said it will not tolerate interference in team selection. ' z India has no dtetontotic relations with South Africa and leads a campaign by non-aligned of which the; cricket-playing Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are members, against Pretoria’s apartheid policies;< The Indian Cricket Board chief, Mr Salve, said last month that India would back a proposal at the. next meeting the. International Cricket Conference'■to allow players who eut off-Sooth African ties to play in the World Cup. , ; The Asian meeting will seek the support of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Pakistan for the proposal, introduced by the West Indies and Zimbabwe, and expected to be discussed at the I.C.C meeting in London in June.
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