KARACHI – The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and International CricketCouncil (ICC) have decided to join hands to ensure that the fourth editionof Pakistan Super League (PSL) is free from corruption.
According to media, officials from ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) will beclosely monitoring the Players, Management and Officials (PMO) area free ofcost, during the entire season, and will directly report to theinternational governing body. It will be entirely ICC’s discretion if theywant to share their report with the PCB.
It must be noted that the PCB was keen on availing their services duringthe previous season as well, but due to rising expenditure they decidedagainst it.
The ICC feels that corrupt elements are targeting franchise and women’scricket which is why they have taken this decision to assist the localcricketing bodies, in order to ensure that any malpractice can be avoided.
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The report further stated that PCB has appointed seven integrity officers,who have been assigned the task of closely following each franchise’sactivity on and off the field. Each franchise will have a separate officerexcept for Lahore Qalandars — who will have two. This is due to the factthat the Qalandars’ have decided to stay in a different hotel — as comparedto other franchises, who are all staying in the same one.
