England wait on decision on Zimbabwe match

The International Cricket Council have promised to give a written response tomorrow to the England and Wales Cricket Board to their request to move England’s controversial World Cup opener from Zimbabwe.

ECB chief executive Tim Lamb revealed in a Cape Town press conference tonight that talks had been held with ICC officials earlier this evening.

The ECB and the England players want Thursday’s game in Harare moved from Zimbabwe following death threats made by a group called the Sons and Daughters of Zimbabwe.

But research by Deputy National Commissioner of South African Police Andre Pruis into the death-threat letter concluded that the group was unlikely to exist and that it was most probably the work of a single individual.

The ICC are therefore insisting the match should go ahead as scheduled.