Pakistan’s cricket administrators will hold talks with the government on how to implement a ban by the sport’s governing body on political appointments within the game, an official said Saturday.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), whose chairman Ijaz Butt was appointed by the president of the country, is directly hit by the ruling from the International Cricket Council (ICC) executive board on Thursday. Sri Lanka and Bangladesh will also be affected by the decision.
The ICC gave cricket boards 12 months to free themselves from governmental and political interference, with a further 12 month grace period to enact the changes before any sanctions would be considered. PCB chief operating officer Subhan Ahmed, who along with Butt attended the five-day meeting in Hong Kong, told reporters on his return: “How we implement this reform will depend on our talks with the government.” Pakistan held discussions with arch-rivals India on the sidelines of the ICC meeting, he said.
