da aviator aposta： Pakistan’s former Test stalwarts refused to digest InternationalCricket Council’s explanation that it was not its responsibility toreschedule New Zealand’s tour to Pakistan which is all but cancelleddue to security reasons
da bet7k： 21-Sep-2001Pakistan’s former Test stalwarts refused to digest InternationalCricket Council’s explanation that it was not its responsibility toreschedule New Zealand’s tour to Pakistan which is all but cancelleddue to security reasons.Legendary Hanif Mohammad blamed the ICC for not showingprofessionalism while chalking out the 10-year programme, a vocalformer chairman of selectors Hasib Ahsan accused the game’s governingbody of bias.”I think the ICC should accept the blame of not keeping provision ofunexpected happenings at the time of finalizing its 10-year calendar.Loopholes have been exposed in its planning,” the Little Master said.”The ICC should take this incident as an eye-opener and revise its 10-year plan. There needs to be provision to reschedule tours if affectedby events beyond their control,” Hanif said. But Hasib took a shot atthe ICC when he said: “The ICC is like United Nations. It appears tobe non-existent when there are issues involving countries likePakistan but suddenly surfaces when influential countries face somecrisis. “If the ICC claims itself to be the game’s controllingauthority, then its responsibility doesn’t end at all. It needs toreschedule New Zealand’s tour so that Pakistan doesn’t suffer anyfinancial setback and receives equal treatment.”The ICC, however, received an unexpected support from Zaheer Abbaswhen the former captain said: “It don’t think the ICC can do anything.The present situation is beyond its control. “However, the ICC shouldpress New Zealand Cricket (NZC) to honour the commitment at anappropriate time.” Another former chief selector Salahuddin Ahmadopined that the ICC now needed to give assurances to the host boardthat the series would be rescheduled.”Pakistan is honouring its commitments but is getting a raw deal fromothers. The ICC needs to show some teeth and spine. If the ICC saysits responsibility has ended, then it is conveying signals that it haslimited powers.”Arif Abbasi, the longest serving Pakistan cricket administrator,argued that if the ICC had taken the responsibility of arrangingtours, it was its duty to monitor if the schedule was being followed.”If the ICC claims that it is all in all, then it has to actaccordingly. The ICC is not United Nations but a company which isregistered in Monaco. If the ICC cannot ensure the implementation ofthe 10-year programme, then its better that the respective boards goback to the old format where tours were bilaterally decided.”Abbasi, however, felt that Pakistan should have demanded the ICC tospell out its policy after India had refused to honour its commitment.”Pakistan should have asked for penalties then and there.Unfortunately, Pakistan lost out that opportunity.” Pakistan stands tolose at least $5million which will be a terrible setback after itsuffered a $15million and Rs 2million losses earlier this year -courtesy India.Ironically, both the countries generated revenues at least three timesmore than what Pakistan would have earned when the green-shirtedcricketers toured India in 1999 and New Zealand earlier this year.Hanif, Zaheer and Arif Abbasi were unanimous in saying that thereshould be compensation and sanctions if a country doesn’t fulfil itsobligations even under friendly conditions.”There should be fines. The defaulting board should be penalized atleast 50 per cent of what the host board would have earned,” Hanifobserved. Zaheer said: “If the ICC can’t enforce itself, what’s thepoint of having it. The least they can do is to impose fines orsanctions on team’s not binding the agreement. “Why the host boardshould suffer because of atrocious policies of some government or itscricket establishment and ICC’s ineffectiveness.”
