ICC will host bilateral series in the next year which brings more excitement among the fan and to the player. The Pakistan Cricket Board has agreed to be a part of the World Test and One-day leagues, announced by the ICC, only if the BCCI honours the MoU signed between the two boards in 2014 to play bilateral series. “PCB will only sign on the document for participating in the World Test and ODI leagues if India fulfills its obligations to play bilateral cricket with Pakistan outlined in the MoU signed between the two boards,” PCB chairman Najam Sethi told the media in Lahore.
Giving details of the ICC meetings held in Auckland which he attended, Sethi said Pakistan’s participation in the new ICC events was conditional. The ICC, after its meetings in Auckland, announced that nine teams would take part in the World Test league scheduled to start after the 2019 World Cup with each team playing six series on home and away basis across two years.
Similarly, the ODI league will feature 13 teams with each team playing eight home and away series in two years time. The leagues are being launched by the ICC to make the Test and ODI formats more meaningful. Sethi said Pakistan had made it clear that it would only participate in the league’s only if the BCCI honoured the MoU document signed in 2014 and resumed playing bilateral cricket with Pakistan.
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