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PCB Chairman speaking to the press
In response to criticism about Quetta players not being seleced : "We at PCB do not decide which player is selected for which franchises, this is decided by them"
"This is easy to say but difficult to explain to the regions who say we have teams playing with our names and no regional players so why don't you change the rules?"
"I have suggested that from next year in the emerging players category, we will put in a clause that will force teams to pick a player from that region"
"I hope the franchises will support us in this decision"
"So in PS4 there will be atleast one player who will be from the region of the team"
"We have no indication about BCCI's course of action regarding the World Test Championship and any matches against Pakistan"
"Options are simple: Either BCCI will play against us or not; if they don't play, they will forfeit the match"
"I believe that the BCCI will get permission to play Pakistan from the GOI because if they can play CT games against us then they can also play Test series against Pakistan"
"The case against BCCI (MoU dispute) will be lodged in the first week of next month" : NS [Not clear
"The effect of this case will be felt in the FTP as well"
"We have got permission to carry out long and short term repairs on NSK"
"We are constructing a new stand for media and sponsors in Rawalpindi" : NS
"We had finalized the PSL3 schedule but we have had a new request from Dubai to say that they want 2-3 more matches to be played there"
"Also Abdu Dhabi asking for more matches so our team is going there to discuss this issue"
"Playing PSL games in Abu Dhabi is not very profitable for us as hotels are expensive etc so we have asked them to compensate us for playing games there"
"The finalization of PSL3 schedule is on hold due to requests by Emirates & Abu Dhabi cricket boards"
"We intend to finalize the PSL3 dates in about 10 days"
"Our stand is that the Pakistan India games have to be part of the FTP, India does not want that but that is not acceptable to us"
"Our philosophy is that we will not worry about profit/loss but get PSL games back to Pakistan"
"I believe that by 2019, PSL would, more or less, have moved to Pakistan"
"I asked the CWI Chairman that I hear that some of your players are not ready to come to Pakistan, he laughed and said, I am not sure if they will be selected in the first place or not"
"Nothing short of a full-fledged WI squad will come to Pakistan in March and nothing short of that is acceptable to us"
"We have 2 lists of players in PSL; One list is those who have said we wont go to Karachi but Lahore is good, whilst the other ones are comfortable with playing in both cities; there are only a few who have said that we wont go to Pakistan at all"
"Frankly speaking, only a few players have given the clearance to play in Karachi"
"This is why we are doing a 2nd draft after getting the security clearance for Karachi and also get the franchises to agree with it which incidentally was the problem before"
"If there are still players who do not wish to play in Pakistan then that's fine; we will get others who will play there"
"Our Women's team has performed so well after a long time":
"Everyone has praised Mark Coles as Coach and it is very possible that we retain him for the future"
"I just like you all am saddened by the state of Women's cricket but it was not under me before, but is now"
"Shahid Aslam will now be senior General Manager of the Pak Women's team"
"Some people think it costs nothing to make a new stadium which is obviously not true - we do not have so much money to make a new stadiums; we will improve the capacity & facilities of existing stadiums"
"Our preliminary thinking is that if we are to change the format of PSL, then we need 8 teams"
"YK has some issues with the PCB but he has good relations with me"
"Misbah is ready but we also need a third cricketer who is available (and not playing leagues etc) to join this group (as PCB advisors)"
In response to criticism about Quetta players not being seleced : "We at PCB do not decide which player is selected for which franchises, this is decided by them"
"This is easy to say but difficult to explain to the regions who say we have teams playing with our names and no regional players so why don't you change the rules?"
"I have suggested that from next year in the emerging players category, we will put in a clause that will force teams to pick a player from that region"
"I hope the franchises will support us in this decision"
"So in PS4 there will be atleast one player who will be from the region of the team"
"We have no indication about BCCI's course of action regarding the World Test Championship and any matches against Pakistan"
"Options are simple: Either BCCI will play against us or not; if they don't play, they will forfeit the match"
"I believe that the BCCI will get permission to play Pakistan from the GOI because if they can play CT games against us then they can also play Test series against Pakistan"
"The case against BCCI (MoU dispute) will be lodged in the first week of next month" : NS [Not clear
"The effect of this case will be felt in the FTP as well"
"We have got permission to carry out long and short term repairs on NSK"
"We are constructing a new stand for media and sponsors in Rawalpindi" : NS
"We had finalized the PSL3 schedule but we have had a new request from Dubai to say that they want 2-3 more matches to be played there"
"Also Abdu Dhabi asking for more matches so our team is going there to discuss this issue"
"Playing PSL games in Abu Dhabi is not very profitable for us as hotels are expensive etc so we have asked them to compensate us for playing games there"
"The finalization of PSL3 schedule is on hold due to requests by Emirates & Abu Dhabi cricket boards"
"We intend to finalize the PSL3 dates in about 10 days"
"Our stand is that the Pakistan India games have to be part of the FTP, India does not want that but that is not acceptable to us"
"Our philosophy is that we will not worry about profit/loss but get PSL games back to Pakistan"
"I believe that by 2019, PSL would, more or less, have moved to Pakistan"
"I asked the CWI Chairman that I hear that some of your players are not ready to come to Pakistan, he laughed and said, I am not sure if they will be selected in the first place or not"
"Nothing short of a full-fledged WI squad will come to Pakistan in March and nothing short of that is acceptable to us"
"We have 2 lists of players in PSL; One list is those who have said we wont go to Karachi but Lahore is good, whilst the other ones are comfortable with playing in both cities; there are only a few who have said that we wont go to Pakistan at all"
"Frankly speaking, only a few players have given the clearance to play in Karachi"
"This is why we are doing a 2nd draft after getting the security clearance for Karachi and also get the franchises to agree with it which incidentally was the problem before"
"If there are still players who do not wish to play in Pakistan then that's fine; we will get others who will play there"
"Our Women's team has performed so well after a long time":
"Everyone has praised Mark Coles as Coach and it is very possible that we retain him for the future"
"I just like you all am saddened by the state of Women's cricket but it was not under me before, but is now"
"Shahid Aslam will now be senior General Manager of the Pak Women's team"
"Some people think it costs nothing to make a new stadium which is obviously not true - we do not have so much money to make a new stadiums; we will improve the capacity & facilities of existing stadiums"
"Our preliminary thinking is that if we are to change the format of PSL, then we need 8 teams"
"YK has some issues with the PCB but he has good relations with me"
"Misbah is ready but we also need a third cricketer who is available (and not playing leagues etc) to join this group (as PCB advisors)"