Pakistan cancels 5-year agreement with West Indies for T20I series
Cricket | January 27, 2018 13:58 ISTPCB chairman Najam Sethi, however, said the West Indies will tour Pakistan for three T20 matches scheduled for March this year.
PCB chairman Najam Sethi, however, said the West Indies will tour Pakistan for three T20 matches scheduled for March this year.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi in December had warned the BCCI that Pakistan could exercise the 'right' to pull out of the Asia Cup, which will be held in India in September.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi in December had warned the BCCI that Pakistan could exercise the 'right' to pull out of the Asia Cup, which will be held in India in September.
The veteran of 124 Tests said there was no need for the PCB to "beg" the BCCI for bilateral matches.
According to the 2014 agreement, India was scheduled to play six series against Pakistan, four of them were going to be Pakistan's home series.
PCB chief had made the announcement about Pakistan hosting the Asia Emerging Nations Cup in April when Sri Lanka came to Lahore to play the lone T20 match on October 29.
Upon landing in Kampala, the cricketers were left high and dry on learning that the T20 league had been abandoned after a dispute over payment issues.
PCB chairman Najam Sethi has reiterated that they would only approve the new FTP after the dispute with India over resumption of bilateral series is resolved.
The BCCI has maintained its stance that unless the Government of India gives clearance, no bilateral series (home or away) will be possible.
The left-handed opener was handed a five-year ban - half of it suspended by the tribunal in September, while a full five-year ban and one million rupees fine were imposed on another batsman, Khalid Latif in the PSL spot-fixing case.
Mani also felt that former BCCI President and ICC Chairman N Srinivasan had a significant role to play in India not resuming bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan.
The Pakistan board has alleged that the BCCI had breached the 2014 Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two cricketing bodies, in which six bilateral series were scheduled to take place between 2015 and 2022.
Ajmal felt that if the Pakistan Cricket Board had fought his case more vociferously at the ICC, he would have left as a satisfied man.
Zaka Ashraf said that he didn't know why the Pakistan Cricket Board was hell bent on wasting so much funds on a "useless project".
BCCI CEO Rahul Johri and acting secretary Amitabh Chaudhary are supposed to travel to Singapore for the meeting.
The PCB had suspended three other players, Muhammad Irfan, Shahzaib Hasan and Muhammad Nawaz in the PSL case.
PCB Chairman Najam Sethi announced this week that it would file a compensation claim before the ICC disputes resolution committee in January, 2018.
Sethi said once the compensation claim is filed it will have some effect on the ICC's Future Tour Programme.
Zaka also lashed out at the PCB and said the board's mishandling of players have ruined many cricketers' careers.
Sethi said the West Indies would come to Pakistan for the next five years each year and Pakistan will go to the USA each year in return.
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