PCB asks ICC for funds boost

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistan's cricket chief revealed on Saturday his board have requested the game's administrative body set up a fund to ease the losses incurred by not being able to stage home matches.
Apart from five limited over matches against minnows Zimbabwe last year, Pakistan have not hosted any major team since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009.
They have been forced to play their home matches on neutral venues of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) incurring reported losses of around $100 million in seven years.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said his board have put forward the case during the annual conference of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which ended in Edinburgh on Saturday.
“The PCB has circulated its case during the meeting that we deserve a fund as we incur losses by playing our home matches in UAE and the ICC has promised to consider the request,” Khan told AFP on phone from the UK.
Even before the Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan team, Pakistan had been a "no go" area for international teams, resulting in the shifting of the 2008 Champions Trophy and share of matches in the 2011 World Cup over security fears.

PCB asks ICC for funds boost

AFP, KARACHI: Pakistans cricket chief revealed on Saturday his board have requested the games administrative body set up a fund to ease the losses incurred by not being able to stage home matches. Apart from five limited over matches against minnows Zimbabwe last year, Pakistan have not hosted any major team since terrorist attacks on the Sri Lankan team bus in 2009. They have been forced to play their home matches on neutral venues of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) incurring reported losses of around $100 million in seven years. Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan said his board have put forward the case during the annual conference of the International Cricket Council (ICC) which ended in Edinburgh on Saturday. The PCB has circulated its case during the meeting that we deserve a fund as we incur losses by playing our home matches in UAE and the ICC has promised to consider the request, Khan told AFP on phone from the UK. Even before the Lahore attacks on the Sri Lankan team, Pakistan had been a no go area for international teams, resulting in the shifting of the 2008 Champions Trophy and share of matches in the 2011 World Cup over security fears.