PCB invites South Africa for three-match T20I series next year: Report
Cricket | Nov 27, 2019, 08:51 PM ISTThe series if confirmed is likely to be held after the Pakistan Super League in the last week of March.
The series if confirmed is likely to be held after the Pakistan Super League in the last week of March.
The PCB is also trying to convince Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to visit Pakistan in December and January to play the ICC World Test Championship matches.
The PCB after initially issuing NOCs to some 15 players, including Hafeez, then announced the NOCs were revoked as the players were required to play domestic cricket and attend camps.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited Cricket South Africa (CSA) to send their national team next year for a T20 series.
PCB announced Rawalpindi and Karachi as venues for two ICC Test Championship matches in December against Sri Lanka.
The source said top players stand to lose out individually on earnings of up to 10 million rupees.
The PCB is likely to ask Sri Lanka to share expenses of hosting the home Test series in UAE if the SLC decides not to tour Pakistan.
Mohammad Hafeez criticised the board after a video of former Pakistan domestic cricketer Fazal Subhan driving a pick-up van went viral on social media last week.
The PCB will wait for BCCI's confirmation till June 2020 for the participation in the Asia Cup, which is scheduled to take place in Pakistan.
Mickey Arthur was removed as the head coach of Pakistan, following the side's poor outing in the 2019 World Cup.
The UAE has remained Pakistan's home venue for a long time with no Test nation visiting the country since the 2009 terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team bus.
According to reports, PCB had to face a loss of Rs 248.615 million due to irregular payments to franchises in excess of agreed share of central pool.
As a part of the championship, Indian women's team are set to host their Pakistani counterparts in a three-match ODI series.
The PCB has said that Sri Lanka's tour to Pakistan remains important to the country even as 10 players from the touring side have opted out.
Sri Lanka's senior cricketers, including Lasith Malinga, Angelo Mathews and Dimuth Karunaratne have reportedly refused to travel to Pakistan for a three-match T20I and ODI series.
Misbah-ul-Haq was handed the dual role of coach and chief selector by the PCB on Thursday in a complete revamp of their cricketing structure.
The new constitution, which came into existence on August 19, decreased the number of participating teams in domestic cricket from 16 to six.
Misbah-ul-Haq confirmed on Monday he was applying for the head coach job the deadline for which ended on the same day.
Zakir Khan, PCB Director of international cricket, in his last media talk, had told the journalists that the board is considering three models for the selection panel of the senior team.
Fourteen centrally contracted and six additional men cricketers have been invited to attend a pre-season camp, which will commence at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore on August 19.
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