The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has lodged a claim for compensation against New Zealand Cricket (NZC) following their withdrawal from a triangular one-day series scheduled for September. The tournament was planned as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of Pakistan's first international match. The PCB maintains that New Zealand's participation in the event was confirmed, a claim which is denied by NZC. The other country invited, Australia, are understood never to have given their confirmation that they would travel. The event was finally switched to Nairobi, with Kenya joining Australia and Pakistan.

"Since New Zealand pulled out of our contest after conveying their participation, they should compensate us for the loss of revenues," Chishty Mujahid, a director of the PCB, told the BBC. "They agreed to play in lieu of their decision to play just two Tests and not the regular three Tests during their rescheduled tour of Pakistan in April. Our point is as the tournament was shifted to a neutral venue, there was no reason for the New Zealanders to have any security concerns about playing."

The PCB has lodged its claim with the International Cricket Council's disputes committee.

The move was not unexpected given the crippling losses sustained by the PCB after a series of proposed tours were shelved or played in neutral countries following September 11.

Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan's president, is scheduled to meet Malcolm Gray, president of ICC, later this week in Rawalpindi where the matter of international cricket resuming in Pakistan is expected to be high on the agenda.

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