London, Feb 02: Representatives of England's World Cup cricket team say they have been refused access to a report into safety measures planned for their game in Zimbabwe. While the sport's world governing body, the International Cricket Council, and the players' employer, the England and Wales Cricket Board, have said the game will go ahead, the players have called for the February 13 game in Harare to be switched to South Africa on safety grounds.
Opponents to President Robert Mugabe's regime have threatened riots to disrupt the game and the players fear they will be caught up in the trouble.
A report by an independent American security company Kroll has satisfied the ICC and ECB that security will be tight enough for the games not to be switched. But Richard Bevan, managing director of the Professional Cricketers' Association says his organisation has been unable to see the report to make up its own mind.
"We are definitely not happy about this," Bevan was quoted as saying in the mail today. Bureau Report