Former International Cricket Council (ICC) president Ehsan Mani has blamed the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the country's current international isolation. Pakistan will play all its home internationals on neutral territory for an indefinite period after armed gunmen attacked a bus carrying the Sri Lanka team in Lahore last year. Mani, a Pakistani who headed the ICC from 2003 to 2006, said the PCB had shown no interest in sending a report to the ICC on the attack. “The PCB has still not submitted a report on the attack despite several reminders from the ICC,” Mani told the Geo Super television channel. “Unless this report is sent to the ICC, I don't see the ICC or its member countries encouraging or supporting the return of international cricket to Pakistan.” Pakistan will not host any of the 2011 World Cup games scheduled for the Indian subcontinent. MCC mulling Zimbabwe tour Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is planning to send a team to play in Zimbabwe next year, if a fact-finding mission to the troubled African country comes back with a positive report. MCC's world cricket committee, chaired by former England captain Tony Lewis and featuring fellow former Test skippers in Steve Waugh and Rahul Dravid is keen to see whether Zimbabwe is ready to return to Test cricket. During a two-day meeting at MCC's Lord's headquarters, former Zimbabwe captain and current England coach Andy Flower, spoke about the position of cricket in his homeland. Concerns about the impact of Robert Mugabe's regime led Flower to quit the country at the 2003 World Cup where he and teammate Henry Olonga staged a black armband protest to mourn the “death of democracy” in Zimbabwe. But recent reports suggest cricket structures within the country may be on the mend although whether nations such as Britain are prepared to reverse their stance on banning entry to Zimbabwe Cricket officials linked to Mugabe remains to be seen. Amidst accusations of racially-motivated selections and government sponsored maladministration, Zimbabwe witnessed a player exodus and a collapse in its on-field performance which led to its exclusion from Test cricket for the past four years. Although it is more than 40 years since MCC, which owns Lord's, stopped running English cricket, it remains responsible for cricket's laws and likes to see itself as the ‘conscience' of the game. SA wants Benn punished South Africa has asked the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against West Indian Sulieman Benn for incidents in the third and final Test in Bridgetown. Tail-ender Dale Steyn was fined his entire match fee by the ICC for spitting in the direction of spin bowler Benn when the South African was dismissed on day three Monday. However, South Africa manager Mohammed Moosajee said Friday his team had also laid a code of conduct charge against the West Indian. “Dale Steyn's action was regrettable and he has apologized for it,” Moosajee told a news conference as his squad arrived back in Johannesburg. “But it came after lots of provocation and there was also retaliation after the incident.”
