§ Lord Blakerasked Her Majesty's Government:
On what date they first advised (a) the England and Wales Cricket Board and (b) the Professional Cricketers' Association about the undesirability of the England cricket team playing a test match in Zimbabwe in the course of the current cricket World Cup series. [HL1734]
§ Baroness AmosForeign and Commonwealth Office officials first discussed Zimbabwe in relation to the Cricket World Cup with the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) at a meeting on 5 July 2002. A minute recording this meeting has been placed in the Library of the House. FCO and DCMS Ministers and officials met the ECB and the Professional Cricketers'12WA Association on 9 January 2003. They reiterated the Government's position on the England cricket team playing in Zimbabwe at the current time.