New Delhi, May 27: The International Cricket Council on Wednesday said that, contrary to reports, the Champions League Twenty20 had not been incorporated into the Future Tours Programme.

"The ICC board, which includes all full members, worked together last October to come up with a date for this year’s Champions League tournament that was mutually convenient for all," ICC chief executive Haroon Lorgat said.

"However, that was only as part of a wider discussion on when we could play the ICC Champions Trophy, which was postponed from Pakistan in 2008 and relocated to South Africa. The FTP does not include any fixtures between domestic teams, even those from more than one country, and only features ICC events, such as the ICC World Cup, the ICC Champions Trophy and the ICC World Twenty20, and bilateral fixtures between full member international teams," he added.

The Champions League Twenty20 tournament featuring domestic teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, South Africa and the West Indies, will be held from October 8 to 23. "I have been in touch with Lalit Modi, the commissioner of the IPL and the Champions League, and we are in full agreement on this matter," added Lorgat.

Meanwhile, the ICC Champions Trophy will take place in South Africa between September 23 and October 5 this year.

PCB puts on hold legal proceedings against ICC

Karachi: Pakistan Cricket Board has put on hold its legal proceedings against the International Cricket Council for shifting 2011 World Cup matches from the country, hoping of a positive outcome from next week’s meeting of the event’s co-hosts in Dubai.

"The ICC had also indicated that we should hold our legal proceedings until this meeting and we are also confident of some positive outcome from it," Tafazzul Rizvi, PCB’s legal advisor said on Wednesday. — PTI