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International players interested in Pakistan Premier League, says PCB chief | | The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has received response from several international players for its proposed Twenty20 Premier League. Board chairman
Zaka Ashraf has said, "The positive thing is that we have already held discussions
with some international players and they have shown willingness to come and play
in our league. The only thing they want is good money and financial guarantee
for coming to Pakistan." The Daily Times quoted Ashraf as saying the PCB tried to convince some of the boards to play a limited-over series in Pakistan for the revival of international cricket in the strife-torn nation. "But it appears that the boards will not take the initiative and we will have to first
hold the Premier League and get international players to change the perception
of playing in Pakistan," he said. He further said that the financial aspect of
the league was most important for the PCB as it would have to pay good money to
get international stars. "We are working on the proposed league with interested
sponsors but so far we have offered no franchises for sale to anyone," he said.
Meanwhile, speaking on the issue of the PCB deciding against boycotting the ICC
awards ceremony to protest the omission of Saeed Ajmal from the shortlist of nominees,
Ashraf said, "We have not given up pursuing our point of view that we feel the
process for shortlisting candidates for the awards could have some flaws and needs
to be reviewed and we will take this up at the next ICC meeting." "We decided
to go for a partial boycott of the awards ceremony because we also have to keep
in mind that we are working with the ICC in trying to convince other boards to
resume playing international cricket in Pakistan," he said. |
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