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18/08/2009

Peter White with news and information for the blind and partially sighted. Why blind cricket's world champions have been denied entry to the UK from Pakistan.

Pakistan's blind cricketers are the reigning world champions and were due to be in England playing a four-game series. They were invited by Blind Cricket England and Wales, but the team's visa applications have been rejected. The UK Border Agency says it did not have sufficient evidence to be convinced the players would return to Pakistan once the tour was over. The Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's correspondent in Islamabad, Aleem Maqbool, tells us what happened, and we talk to Ian Martin from the England and Wales Cricket Board about the repercussions.

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