ICC task force to grill PCB boss Butt in teleconference on Oct 23
October 20th, 2010 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANILahore, Oct 20 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ijaz Butt will be grilled by the special task committee of the International Cricket Council (ICC) in a teleconference scheduled for October 23, a PCB source has revealed.
According to reliable sources, the teleconference will be held to discuss and review the measures taken by the PCB for improving its governance and implementing measures recommended by the ICC at its executive board meeting in Dubai earlier this month, the Daily Times reported.
In the meeting, Butt had been clearly told that the board needed to clean up its act and seriously pursue implementing the ICC- recommended measures within next 30 days, otherwise it risked facing possible sanctions.
“Ijaz will be asked about the steps taken by the PCB to enforce the recommendations made by the ICC executive board which is not willing to give much leeway to the chairman now,” disclosed a source.
“The ICC executive board means business and during the teleconference the task committee formed to look into Pakistan cricket affairs will find out from Ijaz about the steps being taken by him to improve governance as well as about the recent successful holding of the National T20 Championship here at Gaddafi Stadium that attracted big crowds,” the source added.
The PCB is already under pressure because of the spot fixing allegations against the tainted trio- Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer.
“The problem now facing the PCB is that the England, Australian, New Zealand and South African boards have told the ICC that there should be no leniency shown towards the suspended trio. The presidents of three boards have pressed on the ICC that it needs to take action against the trio because they had brought a bad name to the image of cricket on a whole,” the source said.
He added that though India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and West Indies had so far not shown support for the strong stance taken by the four other boards on the spot fixing issue, the PCB was worried about future developments. (ANI)
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