ICC to examine final security plan in Zimbabwe
Malcolm Speed
LONDON, (AFP) - Security details in Zimbabwe for next month's cricket World Cup are being examined by ICC officials this week, the sport's world governing body announced.
Zimbabwe is due to host six out of the 54 World Cup matches for the February 9 to March 23 tournament, mainly hosted by South Africa but with two games in Kenya, but food riots in capital Harare and Bulawayo have raised safety concerns.
ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed and the chief executive of the ICC World Cup organizing committee Ali Bacher travel to Zimbabwe on Wednesday to have a look at the final security arrangements.
The Zimbabwe Cricket Union has drawn up a report on security, having earlier been given a blueprint for what was needed by security specialists at the ICC, the South African police, and other specialists contracted for the event.