Mohammad Yousuf served legal notice: Saleem Altaf

Director-general PCB Saleem Altaf has said that Mohammad Yousuf has been sent the legal notice for signing contract with the Indian Cricket League (IPL). Addressing at a press conference in Lahore Friday, he said that the Cricket World Cup 2011 would commence in February and the final would be played on March 31. Saleem Altaf said that the 14 matches of the World Cup would be played in four cities of Pakistan " Karachi, Faisalabad, Rawalpindi and Lahore. He said that the International Cricket Council (ICC) did not make any objection on the venue of Rawalpindi. However, if the Pindi Stadium is not built in time then the match of the Pakistan-India series would be played in Faisalabad. Saleem Altaf said that the central secretariat of the World Cup central organizing committee would be based in Lahore and chairman PCB Ejaz Butt would be the convener of the committee.

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