Pakistan's Cricket

                  Pakistan let down by England and New Zealand said Pakistan Cricket Board Chief. Pakistan faces becoming a no-go zone for International Cricket but Pakistan's Cricket Chairman Board Ramiz Raja is defiant that the national team will not play its home series. A visibly distraught Ramiz address a virtual news conference  on Tuesday, a day after England called off their tour to Pakistan in October 2021 and four day after New Zealand had abruptly called off their tour, and said that Pakistan Cricket Board will use every forum including the International Cricket Council to make the world realize that how much Pakistan Cricket had suffered due to such immoral decision of other cricket boards.

            One thing is very clear he said that Pakistan will not play its home series at any neutral venue in the future. In the past Pakistan Cricket Board has given up its rights on may occasions and it has been proved that the world of Cricket has taken it as  granted, we are always provided support for other cricket board but whenever we needed their support, we did not get that. We are disappointed and from now on, we will not compromise on our interests. Pakistan had travelled to last year at a time when Covid-19 infection rates in Britain were among the highest in the world for three match Test and T-20 Series that saved the ECB millions in televisions rights deals.

                A little bit of hand holding, a little bit of caring was needed, especially after New Zealand pulled out, and we did not get that from ECB. Ramiz Raja said  the western bloc seems united, added that he thinks Australia will join New Zealand and England in cancelling their tour of Pakistan early next year. He further added that we are up against the Western mindset, a Western bloc, West Indies could be a little jittery and we know that the Australia will probably do what the New Zealand and England have done.

                He said that boycotting matches against those teams had ICC events----- Pakistan face New Zealand in their group game at next month's T-20 World Cup. Isn't solution. Disappointment should give way to Pakistan its own cricket. We need to grow our own cricket, we need to grow it commercially as it will force others to respect us. We need to pre-empt something and on some occasions we will have to take tough decisions. We have limited option, we need to remove the sensitivity of other countries through inter-action. Pakistan Cricket Board wants to control the damage that's already been done by the New Zealand and England in the present situation. 

                It is right that our hands are tied because teams can pull out of tours on security grounds but the frustration is that New Zealand went back home without sharing the security threat with us. New Zealand abrupt abandonment of the tour came minutes before the opening fixture of One Day International Series at Rawalpindi on Friday following a security Alter from their government.

                Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board has decided that the PCB would take up its case before ICC's arbitration committee and was hopeful of a favourable decision as New Zealand Cricket Chief Executive David White had said that his board could consider the financial loses suffered by the Pakistan Cricket Board.

                Journalist and broadcaster Peter Oborne also came down hard on the ECB. Pakistan is one of the most brilliant and wonderful Team in the world. It does not appear to have been made on security grounds. He further told sky news on Tuesday. Given that the England Cricket owes so much to Pakistan who came at the height of Covid-19 epidemic last summer to bail out England Cricket. They came here again this summer, and world do they get in return from the English Cricket Board?. A kick in the teeth. He said that wile certain events had been taking place in Afghanistan following the Taliban take over, the security advise (from the British Government) was that it was okay to travel to Pakistan.