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By APD writer Muhammad Sohail
ISLAMABAD, Sept. 30 (APD) -- The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Saturday decided to allow the country’s national cricket players to feature in the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) and South Africa’s Global Twenty20 League, a statement said.
According to a press release from the PCB, both type of players including those having central contract and those who have not will be allowed for the leagues to be held later this year. However, the players with central contract will be permitted conditionally if they ascertain that they will be available to play the National T20 Cup from Nov. 7 to Nov. 23
Pakistan’s National T20 Cup was earlier scheduled to be played in September but it was postponed due to the arrival of the World XI team earlier this month.
The new dates for the National cup now coincide with Bangladesh Premier League, both of which have signed up some Pakistan players that also have central contracts with the PCB.
The PCB has decided that all centrally contracted players, who are not facing any other restriction must also participate in PCB’s T20 tournament to strengthen Pakistan's domestic cricket structure.
The PCB would also let Pakistani players fly to South Africa also to play the Global Twenty20 League under the same condition.
“Keeping in view the good relationship with Bangladesh and South Africa cricket boards, no objection certificates would be issued to all centrally contracted players to play BPL and Global T20 leagues, subject to the condition that they must play PCB’s T20 tournament,” the press release announced.
Pakistan's domestic T20 tournament will be held till November 23 and clashes with a large chunk of both overseas tournaments, but the PCB said that the domestic tournament would "take precedence over global leagues"
Retired players like Shahid Afridi, Misbah ul Haq, Younis Khan and other players like Mohammad Sami and Sohail Tanvir, who are not centrally contracted, will also be given permission certificates without any such commitment.
Earlier in August, the PCB abruptly summoned back its player from Caribbean Premier League being held in West Indies, which earned a lot of criticism from hosts as well as co-players and spectators.
(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)
