‘PCB should lift ban on ICL players after pullout’

Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 10:12 am

Former captains Inzamam-ul-Haq and Rashid Latif on Friday (December 19) asked the PCB to lift the ban imposed on Pakistani players aligned with Indian Cricket League after BCCI cancelled it team’s Test tour to Pakistan.

Inzamam and Latif both urged the Pakistan Cricket Board to lift the ban imposed on the Pakistani players in the ICL from playing domestic cricket. “Our cricket is facing problems and I see no purpose now of having bans on the players who have contracts with the ICL. The board needs to give a strong response to Indian cricket,” Inzamam said.

Latif supported Inzamam and said India had shown it had no sympathy for Pakistan cricket by cancelling its Test tour. “If India cannot support us at this time when they know Pakistan cricket is facing so many problems due to refusal of teams to tour, then why should the board support their stance on the ICL,” Latif said.

“Why should our board support them in any way. The best answer is to lift the ban on the ICL players from this season onwards,” he said. PCB had banned around 18 players including Inzamam and senior batsman Mohammad Yousuf from playing domestic cricket because of their contracts with the ICL.

Inzamam said Pakistan now need to start arranging more away series to offset the problems of teams not touring Pakistan. “Whether we like it or not we should be well prepared and have a contingency plan in place to avoid being left without any cricket,” Inzamam said.

(Agencies)

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‘PCB should lift ban on ICL players after pullout’

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