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PCB banking on ODI series against India to save it from financial ruin | The cash strapped Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) wants to host a One day series against India in order to resurrect its sagging finances. PCB chairman
Ijaz Butt told media persons here that the board has incurred heavy losses due
to the refusal of foreign teams to tour the country citing security concerns.
“We have been incurring 71 percent annual losses due to relocation and cancellation
of cricket series in the country, and a limited over series against India can
help us overcome these losses,” Butt said. “We have been forced to play our series
away from home and I toured India last month to convince them to play us on neutral
venues. If they agree we can arrange that,” he added. Butt said he hopes that
the PCB would get a fair share of international matches when the ICC announces
its Future Tours Programme (FTP) next year. “The option of playing at neutral
venues is there for us, so I think we will be given due space in the FTP,” The
Daily Times quoted Butt, as saying. Earlier, Butt had said that the Pakistan team
will have a busy schedule in 2010, as the ICC Task Force has assured to keep Pakistan
engaged even if it takes many years for the return of international cricket to
the country. “It was a very fruitful meeting as all the members expressed their
full cooperation in honouring their international commitments with Pakistan in
years to come,” Butt said after his meeting with ICC Task Force. “The coming year
would be one of the most beneficial one for Pakistan cricket as ICC Task Force
has assured all kind of support to keep Pakistan busy till the time international
cricket returns back in the country,” he added. India were scheduled to visit
Pakistan last season to play a return series, but the continuous volatile political
relation between the two countries forced the respective boards to look for other
options. “The ICC Task Force has chalked their plan on Pakistan ’s international
commitments, which also includes a series against India . However, they would
refer their findings to ICC for further action,” he said. “As far as the Indian
series in concerned, I am hopeful that something would come up very soon,” Butt
said. |
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