PCB’s Compensation Claim Against BCCI Is A Useless Venture, Says Former PCB Chief Zaka Ashraf

Nov 29, 2017 at 2:49 PM

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PCB’s Compensation Claim Against BCCI Is A Useless Venture, Says Former PCB Chief Zaka Ashraf

At a time when Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is trying its best to seek compensation from the Board of Control for Cricket India (BCCI) for not honouring the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), its former chief Zaka Ashraf has said that the board’s decision to file a compensation claim would prove to be useless.

The PCB has decided to sue its Indian counterpart on the ground that the latter did not honour the MoU signed in 2014. The boards had signed the MoU for six bilateral series to be played between 2015 and 2023 with Pakistan hosting four of them. However, Ashraf believes PCB’s attempt to seek compensation would be futile since the MoU was ‘just a piece of paper’ with no clauses inserted in it.

“The MOU is just a piece of paper and on top of that there is no clause in it which says that either party can go to the ICC disputes resolution committee for any compensation claim,” Ashraf said.

“I don’t know under which law they are filing for compensation,” he added. “I don’t know which law firms they have consulted or which law firms they want to give benefit too. But to me the compensation claim is a useless venture from which we will gain nothing.”

Sethi has confirmed PCB will file a compensation claim

The former PCB chief also said that when he was chairman and refused to support and sign the Big Three government system, according to which India, Australia and England were getting the lion’s share of ICC’s revenue, BCCI had offered to sign a MoU to play bilateral series.

“I told them that this MOU was useless since it didn’t have any clause which allowed the PCB to approach a arbitrator to get compensation if India didn’t honour the document. And if Indian board backed out where would we go and whom we approach for justice,” he said.

“I don’t know what prompted him (present chairman Najam Sethi) to sign this MOU on a piece of paper with no proper clauses to cover Pakistan’s damages,” he added.

The arch-rivals recently played in the Champions Trophy (Credits: Getty)

The arch-rivals had not played a full bilateral Test series since 2007 when Pakistan visited India for three Tests and five One-Day Internationals. They played a short series of three ODIs and two T20s in India in December 2012, but otherwise, both have faced each other only in the ICC organised events or the Asia Cup.

Meanwhile, Sethi has left for London to have a final round of talks with lawyers to seek the next course of action.

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