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ICC asks BCCI for explanation

Mumbai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has sent a missive to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) seeking the latter's explanation for what it has termed `serious breach of security' during the fourth one-day international between India and England at Guwahati which was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

``Malcolm Speed, CEO, ICC, has sent us (BCCI) a letter asking for explanation over what he's called serious breach of security. I will forward the letter to the Assam Cricket Association for its reply which I hope to get in four or five days,'' BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah said on Tuesday.

``The ICC has also sent us a copy of the report sent to it by match referee Roshan Mahanama which is a standard procedure. After getting the reply from ACA, we will send a reply to the ICC,'' Shah said.

The April 9 tie was called off by the umpires because of damp ground conditions, a decision that incensed a section of the crowd at the Nehru Stadium which turned unruly, throwing missiles on to the ground and burning posters in the galleries.

The crowd, which had patiently waited since morning for the match to begin, lost its cool after noon when the umpires called off the match after carrying out several inspections.

Some spectators in one section of the gallery started throwing water bottles and pelting stones on the ground.

Soon the disturbance spread to the nearby stands with the crowd pulling down vinyl boards and other advertisements. Some people gathered posters and banners and put them afire. — PTI

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