PCB’s finances in a decline

Figures revealed in marathon Governing Board meeting.

KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) finances are in a state of decline as revealed in the eight-hour Governing Board (GB) meeting held on Thursday.

According to an official present in the meeting, who refused to reveal the current figure, Ijaz Butt left the PCB with Rs5.8 billion and the reserves were less than then now.

The Woolfe report was also deliberated upon in the meeting – chaired by PCB chief Zaka Ashraf – and how it would affect the board’s running if it was to be implemented. The tenure of current governing board members will be ending in April but the regional heads – Amir Nawab, Mir Haider Talpur, Anwar Chaudry, Naeem Gillani and Tariq Baloch – may get an extension.

Several grounds were also talked about in the meeting. Venues including Multan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, Abbottabad, Karachi Cricket Academy and Gaddafi Stadium were discussed.

It was also confirmed that Rawalpindi will host the next National Twenty20 championship that will be held from March 25 to April 1.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2012.