Asia Cup woes.

IT'S a last ditch effort by the Pakistan Cricket Board to keep in the country a few matches of the Asia Cup that it's due to host. Forced into a corner, with its Bangladesh and Sri Lankan counterparts raising concerns over the proposed 'hybrid model' that would see India playing its matches in neutral UAE, the interim committee chairman of the PCB Najam Sethi has ceded more ground. He has offered that the final be played on neutral soil. Mr Sethi was in the UAE this week for talks with the Asian Cricket Council. Last year, the Council chief, Jay Shah, riled up Pakistan by saying that the Asia Cup would have to move out of Pakistan as the Indian team was unlikely to get clearance from its government. Since Mr Sethi took charge, the board has kept in view that Pakistan would have to travel to India for the World Cup later this year and suggested a 'hybrid model'. The PCB stressed it would adopt a reciprocal approach towards India, with Mr Sethi stating that Pakistan...