Tomorrow's World Cup match between England and Zimbabwe in Harare will not go ahead after the International Cricket Council (ICC) allowed England a second appeal to have the fixture moved to South Africa.

The sport's governing body told a news conference yesterday it had called off the fixture so as to allow more time to resolve the deadlock, caused by the England squad's concerns over security as well as social and political unrest in Zimbabwe. ICC chief executive Malcom Speed said: "The ICC has moved to cancel the match."

England tried to get the match switched to South Africa last week but the World Cup organisers rejected their concerns, ruling Harare was a safe venue. That decision was supposedly binding.

Speed said the matter would now go back to the tournament's technical committee after the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) argued they had new information - concerning death threats made against their players - which had not been properly dealt with at the first appeal.

Speed added: "If they (the technical committee) agree with the ECB's decision (not to go to Zimbabwe on security grounds) and they cannot reschedule the match, the points will be shared. If they find the concerns are not justified, the points will be awarded to Zimbabwe."

A date for England's new hearing has yet to be set.

Six of the World Cup's 54 matches are due to take place in Zimbabwe. Australia remain committed to playing in Bulawayo later in the tournament but are monitoring the security situation there. New Zealand, meanwhile, have refused to play their fixture against Kenya in Nairobi, also because of security worries.

Meanwhile, Pakistan captain Waqar Younis admitted poor bowling had cost them victory in the 82-run defeat to Australia at The Wanderers in Johannesburg yesterday.

Australia scored an impressive 310 for eight as Andrew Symonds scored 143 and the Pakistan reply fell short. But it was the poor bowling which let Australia claim the victory, according to Waqar.

"We bowled badly, we were not a bowler short but unfortunately in the middle of the innings didn't bowl that well and Symonds played extremely well," admitted Waqar.

Seamer Austin Codrington grabbed 5-27 as minnows Canada enjoyed their greatest moment in international cricket yesterday with a 60-run victory over Bangladesh in Durban.

Shot out for 160 after electing to take first strike, Canada hit back under the lights at the Kingsmead to send Bangladesh crashing for only 120 with 22 overs to spare.

It was Bangladesh's 27th consecutive defeat in one-day cricket.