NEW DELHI: The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has termed comments, passed by Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Najam Sethi about ACC Calendar 2023-24 and the pathway structure, as baseless.
Najam Sethi, it may be recalled, had taken a dig at Jay Shah-who is also the president of the Asian Cricket Council – after the latter presented the pathway structure and cricketing calendar for the Asian Cricket for the 2023 and 2024 seasons.
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Taking to Twitter, he wrote “Thank you @JayShah for unilaterally presenting @ACCMedia1 structure & calendars 2023-24 especially relating to Asia Cup 2023 for which Pakistan is the event host. While you are at it, you might as well present structure & calendar of our PSL 2023! A swift response will be appreciated.”
In a rejoinder issued here on Friday, the ACC said “it has come to our knowledge that PCB Chairman Mr. Najam Sethi has made a comment on the ACC President unilaterally taking the decision on finalising the calendar and announcing the same. The ACC wants to clarify that it has followed established due process. The calendar was approved by its Development Committee and Finance & Marketing Committee in a meeting held on December 13th, 2022.”
The ACC further stated that the calendar was then communicated to all the participating members individually, including Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), via an email dated December 22nd, 2022.
“While responses were received from certain Member Boards, no comments or suggested modifications were received from PCB. In view of the above, Mr. Sethi’s comments on a social media platform are baseless and are vehemently denied by the ACC.” the ACC added.
