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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated on Saturday it has requested the International Cricket Council (ICC) to plot a technique to regulate the expansion of profitable Twenty20 leagues with rising considerations about its impression on the game’s calendar.
South Africa this week pulled out of a three-match bilateral one-day sequence in Australia in January because it clashes with their new home Twenty20 competitors.
The following cycle of the Future Excursions Programme (FTP), which lays down which nationwide sides play the place and when, is ready to be confirmed later this month on the annual convention of the ICC, the worldwide governing physique, in Birmingham.
Franchise cricket is prone to dominate the busy worldwide calendar, which additionally contains ICC occasions just like the World Cups in all codecs.
“The expansion of franchise cricket is impacting the already-crammed worldwide cricket calendar,” PCB Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Faisal Hasnain stated in a press release. “The PCB is anxious about this growth and desires the ICC to formulate a technique on this situation.
“Now we have despatched a proposal to the ICC, which they’ve added to their assembly agenda. Two different boards have additionally conveyed their apprehensions to the ICC on this matter and urged the ICC to create a working group to debate on the growth of franchise-based T20 leagues.”
The ICC has already accepted the brand new actuality, with chairman Greg Barclay saying final month “there’s not rather a lot we are able to do” about T20 leagues dominating the calendar.
The highly effective Indian cricket board is negotiating an prolonged 10-week window for its common Indian Premier League having bought the annual T20 match’s 2023-2027 media rights for a staggering $6.2 billion final month.
“Finalising the FTP is essential for us,” stated Hasnain, with Pakistan solely beginning to host worldwide cricket matches lately after a protracted hiatus because of safety considerations.
“This can give us certainty about which groups will probably be visiting us and which nations we will probably be touring. Eighty % of the FTP has already been agreed upon and the remaining 20% will probably be accomplished within the upcoming assembly.”
