Pakistan Cricket Board Exec Committee Chair Najam Sethi on Tuesday revealed that Pakistan had demanded monetary compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket in India and the Int'l Cricket Council for damages after India’s "refusal to play the scheduled series," according to Abdul Ghaffar of DAWN. Sethi said, "We have mentioned it clearly to BCCI and ICC in recent meeting that either India should play cricket with Pakistan or compensate us for damages. We have also demanded compensation from ICC as PCB is suffering financially because of non-fulfillment of BCCI’s commitment to play the cricket series with Pakistan." Cricketing ties between India and Pakistan "are currently stalled, given the political tensions" between the neighbors (DAWN, 11/8).
BREAKING AWAY: DAWN's Mohammad Yaqoob reported the Pakistan Super League "will work as a separate company comprising five members while remaining under the custody" of the PCB, it was decided after the Board of Governors meeting on Tuesday. PCB Chair Shaharyar Khan and Sethi said that the PCB will "own total control and profits coming from the lucrative league as well." Sethi said that at first the SECP’s laws "were not permitting any role of the PCB in PSL’s company as all the directors should’ve been from outside the PCB." He said, "The federal finance ministry, however, is now ready to make an amendment, allowing the company to have majority of the directors from PCB" (DAWN, 11/8).
DELAY DRAWS ICC'S ATTENTION: Ghaffar reported in a separate piece the ICC on Wednesday "took notice" of the delay in the Pakistan-India women cricket series and referred the matter to the event technical committee of the council. Pakistan was "supposed to host" India for three One-Day Int'l match series before October this year but the BCCI "did not furnish any reply" to the PCB's offer to "play the series at a neutral venue" (DAWN, 11/9).
