AUSTRALIA and west Indies may be fined up to £2 million each for forfeiting their World Cup matches in Sri Lanka.

Inderjit Bindra, president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), said the agreement between the Pakistan India Lanka organising committee (PILCOM) of which he is a member and the 12 teams stipulated the provision of the penalty in case of their forfeiting a match.

Australia and West Indies have refused to play Sri Lanka in Colombo after a bomb blast in the capital on January 31st killed more than 80 people.

Sri Lanka were awarded a walk over and two points for each match after a meeting of organisers, team representatives and the International Cricket Council in Calcutta last Sunday.

Meanwhile, the Group B match between South Africa and the United Arab Emirates in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, called off yesterday due to the weather, is rescheduled for today.