Abdullah719
T20I Captain
- Joined
- Apr 16, 2013
- Runs
- 44,824
Ehsan Mani in a video:
"Cricketers are an important stakeholder in Pakistan cricket. Domestic and international both, and centrally contracted ones. I assure you we will safeguard your interests as much as we can. There will be no unusual cuts.
"Performance-based contracts change according to what the selectors decide. We won't make any of the staff redundant, normal changes keep happening and PCB is undergoing a restructuring process. All retired international cricketers will receive their pensions.
"There will be no changes in the contracts for domestic cricket. Our main focus is on safeguarding the players and staff at this moment. Without the staff, the board can't work and without the players, we're nothing. These are our priorities.
"We have to look after the former cricketers. If anyone is in distress, they know they can contact the PCB and we'll go out of our way to help them if we can. In the last 2-3 years, especially relating to health issues where they needed special support, we have given them money and we will continue to do so.
"If we have to cut costs to make sure there's no disruption in this process, we'll do so. We have to focus on efficiency and better ways of doing things.
"Our most important commercial contract is our bilateral series' media rights. It's about to expire and the cricket content we have till 2023 includes visits by Aus, Eng, NZ, and series against SA hopefully so the series are good. The way we market and monetize it is a challenge for us.
"The broadcasters, for example, England's broadcasters are going through pain and are under pressure. Sports broadcasters and the industry will be under a lot of economic pressures so they may not be able to pay what they used to previously. So we're thinking about this from an alternative base as well.
"Our major contracts like our contract with Pepsi is expiring in 2021. They are a major partner of Pakistan cricket so to renew these contracts, we need certainty about when cricket will return to Pakistan. For that, we need to show flexibility to meet their expectations and our aspirations.
"Not having India series costs us but we're not thinking about that. As they say, pie in the sky. If it's not there, it's not there. We have to live without them, we don't need them to survive.
"I am clear that whether we face India or not, we need to plan on the basis of us not facing them because India did promise to face us previously but they pulled out. So they are unreliable, we can't rely on cricket resuming with India anytime in the foreseeable future. If it happens, good. We face them in ICC events, that's fine. We're interested in cricket and we keep politics and cricket separate.
"Regarding empty stadiums, there are still a lot of challenges. Teams still have to travel via airplanes. The risk begins there. Then they have to stay in hotels, travel via local transport. Only empty stadiums aren't the answer, the logistical arrangements also have to be looked at.
"It also depends on where cricket can be held around the world, that's not in our control. If it's in control and England request us to come and play our matches there while they play another series simultaneously if they want to play Tests and white-ball cricket, we will do that if it's the need of the hour and we'll work with them.
"The tour will go on insha'Allah, but we have to be prepared for disruptions, our plans will need to be flexible and there will have to be goodwill.
"The Asia Cup is a big challenge, we don't know what will happen by Sep-Oct when this is scheduled for. We are hopeful it will happen but if things don't improve and it doesn't, it'll be a challenge for us to see what happens with it next year.
"For me, the Asia Cup is important because it results in funding for Asian cricket. The resources are limited and when we have Asia Cup every 2 years, we allocate money for the next two years for the associate countries like Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, UAE, Saudi Arabia. To support cricket in these countries, it's important to hold the Asia Cup.
"The factual position is that the ACC meeting didn't take place. The ICC meeting was scheduled for March and they were both to be held together. With one postponed, the other was also postponed.
"As for when and where the Asia Cup will be held, no one knows that because we don't know how the situation will progress. When there is some clarity about this then we'll sit and talk. It's good that the ACC renewed some commercial contracts last year, so if we hold the Asia Cup, it can be activated very quickly. But when and where it'll be held isn't in our hands right now."
"Cricketers are an important stakeholder in Pakistan cricket. Domestic and international both, and centrally contracted ones. I assure you we will safeguard your interests as much as we can. There will be no unusual cuts.
"Performance-based contracts change according to what the selectors decide. We won't make any of the staff redundant, normal changes keep happening and PCB is undergoing a restructuring process. All retired international cricketers will receive their pensions.
"There will be no changes in the contracts for domestic cricket. Our main focus is on safeguarding the players and staff at this moment. Without the staff, the board can't work and without the players, we're nothing. These are our priorities.
"We have to look after the former cricketers. If anyone is in distress, they know they can contact the PCB and we'll go out of our way to help them if we can. In the last 2-3 years, especially relating to health issues where they needed special support, we have given them money and we will continue to do so.
"If we have to cut costs to make sure there's no disruption in this process, we'll do so. We have to focus on efficiency and better ways of doing things.
"Our most important commercial contract is our bilateral series' media rights. It's about to expire and the cricket content we have till 2023 includes visits by Aus, Eng, NZ, and series against SA hopefully so the series are good. The way we market and monetize it is a challenge for us.
"The broadcasters, for example, England's broadcasters are going through pain and are under pressure. Sports broadcasters and the industry will be under a lot of economic pressures so they may not be able to pay what they used to previously. So we're thinking about this from an alternative base as well.
"Our major contracts like our contract with Pepsi is expiring in 2021. They are a major partner of Pakistan cricket so to renew these contracts, we need certainty about when cricket will return to Pakistan. For that, we need to show flexibility to meet their expectations and our aspirations.
"Not having India series costs us but we're not thinking about that. As they say, pie in the sky. If it's not there, it's not there. We have to live without them, we don't need them to survive.
"I am clear that whether we face India or not, we need to plan on the basis of us not facing them because India did promise to face us previously but they pulled out. So they are unreliable, we can't rely on cricket resuming with India anytime in the foreseeable future. If it happens, good. We face them in ICC events, that's fine. We're interested in cricket and we keep politics and cricket separate.
"Regarding empty stadiums, there are still a lot of challenges. Teams still have to travel via airplanes. The risk begins there. Then they have to stay in hotels, travel via local transport. Only empty stadiums aren't the answer, the logistical arrangements also have to be looked at.
"It also depends on where cricket can be held around the world, that's not in our control. If it's in control and England request us to come and play our matches there while they play another series simultaneously if they want to play Tests and white-ball cricket, we will do that if it's the need of the hour and we'll work with them.
"The tour will go on insha'Allah, but we have to be prepared for disruptions, our plans will need to be flexible and there will have to be goodwill.
"The Asia Cup is a big challenge, we don't know what will happen by Sep-Oct when this is scheduled for. We are hopeful it will happen but if things don't improve and it doesn't, it'll be a challenge for us to see what happens with it next year.
"For me, the Asia Cup is important because it results in funding for Asian cricket. The resources are limited and when we have Asia Cup every 2 years, we allocate money for the next two years for the associate countries like Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, UAE, Saudi Arabia. To support cricket in these countries, it's important to hold the Asia Cup.
"The factual position is that the ACC meeting didn't take place. The ICC meeting was scheduled for March and they were both to be held together. With one postponed, the other was also postponed.
"As for when and where the Asia Cup will be held, no one knows that because we don't know how the situation will progress. When there is some clarity about this then we'll sit and talk. It's good that the ACC renewed some commercial contracts last year, so if we hold the Asia Cup, it can be activated very quickly. But when and where it'll be held isn't in our hands right now."
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