[REPORTS] PCB suspends player NOCs for overseas T20 leagues [Updated Post @ 45]

[GoUgandaCranes]

Just once in my lifetime I want to see a capable & competent PCB. Is it too much to ask for?

 

[GudduBadmash]

Pakistan cricketers need some kind of union , this is dictatorship and micro management of the highest order. Essentially telling the players that we own your livelihoods. This generally tends to happen when you have incompetent and small minded people at the helm of important institutions

 

[JaDed]

Maybe they think PSL is enough for them.. Naqvi is ruling with iron fists, question is does he have the quality and dough to do the same?

 

[Savak]

If PCB don't let Babar and Rizwan play the BBL, I think that will be the end of Pakistani players in the BBL. Both Sydney Sixers and Melbourne Renegades signed these guys in advance and planned their seasons around them. Suspending Babar and Rizwan's NOCs when they aren't even in the T20 team would be an incredibly stupid and irresponsible move that PCB seriously needs to reconsider.

They will be released for the Big Bash league. PCB will not ruin relationships with Cricket Australia

 

[MenInG]

@chakdeindian

Stick to the topic

 

[hassan918]

Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg confident Pakistan headline acts will play BBL despite PCB ban​

Cricket Australia remains hopeful it can find a resolution with the Pakistan Cricket Board after it banned its players from competing in overseas Twenty20 tournaments.

PCB chief operating officer Sumair Ahmad Syed issued players a notice on September 29, restricting them from competitions outside Pakistan.

It’s is a major blow to Cricket Australia and its Big Bash League clubs after Pakistani talent was the highlight of a successful draft.

Top-liners Babar Azam (Sydney Sixers), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Brisbane Heat) and Muhammad Rizwan (Melbourne Renegades) were all locked in for the upcoming season.

Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg is in contact with the PCB and remains confident the headline acts will feature this summer.

“We’ve been in contact with our colleagues at the PCB over the last few days, we’re hopeful we can find a resolution,” Greenberg said.

“We’re really looking forward to welcoming their players to the Big Bash, we think they’ll add great value … it will be a fascinating summer across the BBL, yeah.”

The BBL, and more specifically Sydney Thunder, received a boost when Indian megastar Ravichandran Ashwin signed last week.

Greenberg denies any integral issues with Ashwin’s arrival post draft and expects him to be a major drawcard.

“We’ve found provisions where we can make that work and all the clubs had equal opportunity to engage with him,” he said.

“It’s a big moment for the BBL to welcome Ravi here, I have been talking to him personally on a number of occasions.

“I have found him a breath of fresh air, I think our fans are going to really enjoy watching him play and engaging with him when he’s here for the BBL.

“He will probably and very likely draw a crowd bigger than (23,000, ENGIE Stadium’s capacity), but he’s got quite a few away games in some big stadiums, too.

“I don’t think we’re going to be short of people wanting to come and watch him play, that’s for sure.”

https://www.news.com.au/sport/cricket/cricket-australia-boss-todd-greenberg-confident-pakistan-headline-acts-will-play-bbl-despite-pcb-ban/news-story/f5f93f0c6a064adc002670c01ede794b