No PCB official, only players to attend ICC awards

PCB spokesman says only some squad members will attend the event.

KARACHI: Pakistan will not boycott the International Cricket Council (ICC) awards despite registering a protest over the omission of off-spinner Saeed Ajmal from the shortlist of candidates. However, no Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) official would attend the ceremony, said a spokesman on Friday.

"We have our strong reservations over Ajmal's omission from the awards list but have decided not to boycott the ceremony but we will only be sending some squad members to the event," the PCB spokesman said.

The annual ICC ceremony will be held on Saturday in Colombo but Ajmal – the top wicket-taker in tests for the qualifying period – is not shortlisted for test cricketer of the year, ODI player of the year or international cricketer of the year.

He was picked in the ICC test team of the year.

Talk of a potential boycott had even reached Pakistan's parliament.