The ICC could not take a decision on where to hold the 2011 World Cup matches that have been taken out of Pakistan.

The 2011 World Cup matches have been taken out of Pakistan due to the worsening security situation in the trouble-torn country.

"We need to settle the matter quickly"

The ICC top brass, including President David Morgan and CEO Haroon Lorgat, met representatives from the cricket Boards in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh at Lord's and decided to defer the decision till Morgan meets ICC Vice President Sharad Pawar and PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt here on June 19.

"The PCB agreed that any legal proceedings already launched against the ICC would remain on hold pending further discussions," the ICC said in a statement.

PCB had approached the court after their share of the matches were shifted out of the country following the March 3 attack on the Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore.

"We had constructive discussions and I will look to follow them through with Mr Pawar and Mr Butt in the coming days so we can identify the best means of coming up with a recommendation on where the matches originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan can be held," Morgan said after the meeting.

"There was a great deal of sympathy within the meeting for Pakistans position as the issues its cricket administrators face are completely beyond their control", Morgan said.

"What we need to do is to settle this matter as quickly as possible within the ICC family as we need to press on with our preparations for the ICC Cricket World Cup which is less than two years away," added the ICC chief.

Pawar joined the meeting via telephone

Today's meeting agreed that the tournament's Central Organising Committee would meet to decide the location and management structure of the ICC CWC Secretariat, which was originally set in Lahore.

The four hosts confirmed that Pakistan remains a co-host and retains its host fees for the 14 matches originally scheduled to take place there, before the Board's decision to remove the country as a host location for the tournament.

Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka all accepted that if any of those 14 matches were to take place in their countries then they would not be due any fee for hosting them.

In addition to Morgan and Lorgat, also present at the meeting were Mahbubul Anam (Bangladesh), Shashank Manohar (India), Ijaz Butt and Subhan Ahmad (Pakistan) and DS de Silva (Sri Lanka).

Pawar joined the meeting via telephone hook-up.