Pakistan must give up hosting rights of Champions Trophy: Mani

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board may be hopeful of hosting the postponed Champions Trophy in 2009 but former ICC President Ehsan Mani has advised PCB to surrender the hosting rights of the mega event for the greater interest of the game.Mani suggested the PCB should in return ask the ICC to allot them one of the future Champions trophy events.Pakistan was supposed to host the eight-nation tournament from September 12 to 28 but the ICC was forced to postpone the event till next October after five of the competing teams raised serious security concerns about travelling to Pakistan.