ICC confident of avoiding date clashes

The International Cricket Council expects to resolve the issue of a potential clash of dates between the Future Tours Programme and the re-scheduled ICC Champions Trophy next year.

ICC media and communications manager Brian Murgatroyd believes any fixture clashes with the Trophy can be resolved

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The eight-team Champions Trophy tournament was due to take place in Pakistan between September 12 and 28 but the ICC decided to postpone the event for 13 months due to security concerns.

The international calendar is already tightly scheduled, with each Test-playing nation required to tour all other Test nations at least once in four years under the Future Tours Programme.

India and Australia are set to meet in a seven match one-day series in October 2009 - the proposed date of the rescheduled Champions Trophy - but the ICC do not believe a clash of dates will be an issue.

The ICC's media and communications manager Brian Murgatroyd said: "It was agreed by all those on the ICC board during the teleconference on Sunday that if there were any issues relating to scheduling then ICC management would work with the relevant members (boards) to ensure that issues were overcome.”