'Wrong thing to do,' Australia skipper Alyssa Healy on hosting Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh
Alyssa Healy
Australia women's cricket team captain Alyssa Healy has expressed reservation in playing the upcoming Women's T20 World Cup in Bangladesh. The comments come amid the unrest and ousting of Sheikh Hasina government in the host country.
"I find it really hard to see a cricket event going on over there at the moment and taking resources away from a country that is really struggling," Healy said as reported by ESPNCricinfo.
"They're needing everyone they can possibly get in there helping people that are dying."
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"I'd find it hard to fathom playing there at the moment, as a human being, I feel like it might be the wrong thing to do. But I'll leave it to the ICC to work out."
The International Cricket Council (ICC) approached India as the potential replacement but BCCI secretary Jay Shah denied the proposition. Currently, Sri Lanka is one of the options while Zimbabwe has also expressed interest in hosting the tournament.
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"They [ICC] have asked us if we would conduct the World Cup. I have categorically said no," Jay Shah said to the Times of India, as quoted by ESPNcricinfo. "We're in the monsoon, and on top of that, we will host the Women's ODI World Cup next year. I don't want to give any kind of signals that I want to hold consecutive World Cups.”
Some of the participating countries, including India, Australia, and the UK, have already issued advisories against travelling to Bangladesh amid the unrest.
The ICC, meanwhile, is expected to take a decision on the matter later this week.
Although Bangladesh’s interim government is making a last-ditch effort to salvage the tournament, an ICC official, earlier last week, commented on the situation, saying they are considering all options, including shifting the T20 World Cup elsewhere.
"The ICC is closely monitoring developments in coordination with the Bangladesh Cricket Board [BCB], their security agencies and our own independent security consultants," an ICC statement said. "Our priority is the safety and well-being of all participants."
The Women's T20 World Cup is scheduled from October 3-20.