Karachi, : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is not planning to challenge the International Cricket Council (ICC) on its constitutional amendment which blocks political or government intervention in the cricketing matters of its member boards, legally.
A PCB official said the board is instead seeking the views of its governing council members on the issue.
“At the moment there is no plan to legally challenge the amendment,” the Daily Times quoted the official, as saying.
“We have in fact asked our governing council members to give their views on the two main issues of the amendment made by the ICC which is free elections and government interference in cricket matters,” the official added.
The governing council members include former captains Javed Miandad and Intikhab Alam, and representatives of five regions.
The ICC amendment will have a profound impact on the PCB, as Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari is its chief patron.
The PCB had objected to the amendment, but was left with no choice, but to accept it after all ICC members agreed to the change.
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Thursday, 4 August 2011
PCB waiting for SLC approval on UAE 'home series'
Karachi, : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is waiting for written approval from Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) on the forthcoming series between the two countries in the United Arab Emirates.
A PCB official said the board had spoken to the current interim cricket committee members in Sri Lanka, but a written approval is awaited after which, the MoU for the series would be signed.
“We explained the situation to them and they had no objection to having the series in the UAE. So, as far as we are concerned it is a go ahead and we have already started preparations for the matches,” the Daily Times quoted the official, as saying.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play the series in October-November.
The series comprises five Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 match.
A PCB official said the board had spoken to the current interim cricket committee members in Sri Lanka, but a written approval is awaited after which, the MoU for the series would be signed.
“We explained the situation to them and they had no objection to having the series in the UAE. So, as far as we are concerned it is a go ahead and we have already started preparations for the matches,” the Daily Times quoted the official, as saying.
Pakistan and Sri Lanka are scheduled to play the series in October-November.
The series comprises five Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 match.
PCB to get 16 million dollars as World Cup non- hosting compensation
Karachi, : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will receive around 16 million dollars as compensation from the 2011 World Cup earnings in the wake of it not being allowed to host a single match of the tournament.
The decision came as the International Cricket Council had relocated World Cup matches venues in Pakistan due to security concerns following a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March 2009.
“The total package includes hosting fees and other benefits,” the Daily Times quoted a World Cup secretariat source, as saying. He said the ICC had already released around 10.5 million dollars to the PCB soon after the World Cup concluded in April.
“The rest of the amount is also due to be paid to the PCB soon,” he said.
The source said the ICC agreed to pay compensation to the PCB in the wake of problems faced by it after international cricket teams had refused to tour Pakistan citing security concerns.
“The ICC realises that with Pakistan being forced to play all its home series at neutral venues, it is losing out on hard earned money that it would have made if it had hosted matches at home. The ICC also knows that the PCB is facing a financial crunch because of India’s refusal to play bilateral series. The board had also lost out on valuable earnings of around $40 million when India cancelled its Test tour to Pakistan in early 2009 because of the Mumbai attacks”, the source said
“The PCB has also got compensation for the in-stadia sponsorship rights, hospitality box earnings and ticket revenues that it had lost out on because of the shifting of the matches,” the source added.
The decision came as the International Cricket Council had relocated World Cup matches venues in Pakistan due to security concerns following a terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team in Lahore in March 2009.
“The total package includes hosting fees and other benefits,” the Daily Times quoted a World Cup secretariat source, as saying. He said the ICC had already released around 10.5 million dollars to the PCB soon after the World Cup concluded in April.
“The rest of the amount is also due to be paid to the PCB soon,” he said.
The source said the ICC agreed to pay compensation to the PCB in the wake of problems faced by it after international cricket teams had refused to tour Pakistan citing security concerns.
“The ICC realises that with Pakistan being forced to play all its home series at neutral venues, it is losing out on hard earned money that it would have made if it had hosted matches at home. The ICC also knows that the PCB is facing a financial crunch because of India’s refusal to play bilateral series. The board had also lost out on valuable earnings of around $40 million when India cancelled its Test tour to Pakistan in early 2009 because of the Mumbai attacks”, the source said
“The PCB has also got compensation for the in-stadia sponsorship rights, hospitality box earnings and ticket revenues that it had lost out on because of the shifting of the matches,” the source added.
Wednesday, 3 August 2011
PCB softens stance over ICC Task Team report on clean up of Pak cricket
Karachi,: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has softened its hard-line stance on recommendations proposed in an International Cricket Council (ICC) report for reforming the sport in the country.
The ICC ordered the Pakistan Task Team (PTT) to compile a report on Pakistan cricket in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka team bus in Lahore and last year’s spot-fixing scandal.
The PCB had criticized the report saying that the recommendations proposed were a pointless “scholarly exercise”.
However, PCB chief operating officer Subhan Ahmad has now said that the board had only dismissed the recommendations it felt were redundant or based on inaccurate information.
“The constructive recommendations and proposals by the Task Team which are good for Pakistan cricket are under consideration,” the Daily Times quoted Ahmad, as saying.
“We are looking at ways to implement them soon,” he added.
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