The International Cricket Council has decided to postpone next month's Champions Trophy in Pakistan until October 2009.

With the ICC unlikely to stick with Pakistan as a venue for next month’s Champions Trophy, Sri Lanka have announced they are ready to host the biennial event.

Controversial Australian umpire Darrell Hair has quit from the elite panel of International Cricket Council (ICC).

Despite South Africa staging a pull out from the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, the powerful Board of Control for Cricket in India has backed the Pakistan Cricket Board to host the prestigious Champions Trophy next month.

The Pakistan Cricket Board is expecting England, Australia and New Zealand to follow suit after South Africa official withdrew from next month’s Champions Trophy to be staged in Pakistan.

The International Cricket Council (ICC) will decide on Sunday whether to persist with Pakistan or shift the Champions Trophy to Sri Lanka, via a teleconference.

Australian players have made it clear they would not travel to Pakistan for next month’s Champions Trophy citing security threat and now even England players seem to follow suit.

Pakistan has threatened to boycott Champions Trophy if the International Cricket Council moves it out of their own country.

The ICC’s General Manager David Richardson has hinted that the Champions Trophy could well be shifted to Sri Lanka amid reservations from Western nations to tour Pakistan fearing security threats.

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Haroon Lorgat expressed satisfaction about the security arrangements in Pakistan to host next month’s high-profile Champions Trophy.