PCB wants Sri Lanka to retain hosting rights despite civil unrest

The Pakistan Cricket Board will help Sri Lanka in its bid to host the Asia Cup from August 27 even with civil and political unrest in the island country.

Sri Lanka have managed to properly host Australian cricket team devoid of any stability breach regardless of civil unrest after former president Gotabaya Rajapakse fled the state in the midst of acute fiscal crisis.

Ramiz Raja in talks with Lankan officers

A PCB supply stated that chairman Ramiz Raja experienced spoken to best SLC officials and confident them that Pakistan will force for the Asia Cup to keep on being in Sri Lanka as scheduled from August 27 to September 11.

“The PCB chairman has confident his counterpart that Pakistan desires Sri Lanka to host the regional function as it would mean income earnings for the host place and will also improve their tourism,” the supply stated.

The resource also mentioned that the PCB had also assured the Sri Lankan cricket authorities that the Pakistan crew will play its Examination matches in Galle and Colombo irrespective of the ongoing unrest in the nation.

He informed that despite the fact that no formal Asian Cricket Council (ACC) meeting is scheduled in the coming days, all the customers getting current for the duration of the future ICC Board assembly in Birmingham, from August 22, will give them a prospect to discuss a array of difficulties such as hosting rights for the next Asia Cup in Pakistan.

“Due to the fact all the ACC customers will be present, there will be conversations on the sidelines and Pakistan is distinct that Sri Lanka have to host the Asia Cup except their board decides otherwise,” the resource extra “Pakistan’s level of watch is apparent that it has a prolonged-standing romantic relationship with Sri Lankan cricket and equally have usually supported each individual other in moments of want.”

Larger IPL window to be opposed

It is a properly documented fact that Raja, a former Pakistan captain is against BCCI’s go to have a dedicated two and 50 % thirty day period IPL window in the upcoming FTP calender commencing 2023.

With Pakistani players not allowed in the IPL considering the fact that Mumbai terror assaults, Raja feels that there is no motive that he can assist BCCI’s go.

“Pakistan’s stance is apparent. Considering that its gamers are not authorized to engage in in the IPL nor does BCCI have bilateral cricket ties with Pakistan, what is it likely to obtain from supporting an prolonged IPL window,” the resource questioned.

A country’s cricket board gets 10 p.c of its player’s earnings if he receives a probability to play in the IPL. “If BCCI pushes for an prolonged IPL window, Ramiz will insist that a single country must not be isolated and manufactured to endure whilst other boards get benefits from it.”

The PCB has apparently shelved the notion of importing drop-in pitches and has now hired an Australian curator to assistance in the system of improving its pitches at important global venues.

Damien Hough, head curator of Adelaide Oval who is due to get to Lahore on Friday will also be briefing area curators on how to prepare working day and night time Test matches in Pakistan.

Hough will be in Pakistan for two months and he will be going to Karachi, Multan and Rawalpindi throughout his whirlwind tour. He will examine the pitches there and also give lectures and briefings to groundstaff and regional curators.

Hough is believed to be just one of the world’s finest curators with a 26-year practical experience.