ISLAMABAD – Peshawar Zalmi will have no case to answer for allegedball-tampering during their gamelinkagainstQuetta Gladiators, after the PCB confirmed that Quetta had failed toformally make a complaint. Quetta captain Sarfaraz Ahmedlink claimthey had reported what they perceived as ball-tampering by Peshawar hasbeen refuted by the PCB, who in a press release stated Quetta had not filedthe complaint through the “correctly stated procedure”.
Following the conclusion of the match between Quetta and Peshawar onSaturday, Sarfaraz said his side believed Peshawar had altered thecondition of the ball, and they were taking the matter up with the matchreferee and the PCB. “As far as ball-tampering is concerned, we havefollowed the protocols of [the] PCB and submitted our report on thematter,” he said. Team manager Nabeel Hashmi, who was with Sarfaraz at thepress conference, appeared to clarify the comment, suggesting a formalcomplaint had not been made.
The procedure to file a formal complaint was never followed though. Quettawrote their complaint on the match evaluation form, which is not theplatform to lodge formal complaints. Instead, the PCB pointed out, “allReports must be completed on Form “Rep 1″ (or such other form as may bemade available for such purpose by the PSL from time to time). All Reportsmust be signed and dated by the person lodging the Report.”
That needed to be done within 48 hours of the conclusion of the game, whichPeshawar won by six wickets. With that time having now lapsed, the windowof opportunity available to Quetta to make a complaint has closed.
“The Pakistan Cricket Board today confirmed match referee Roshan Mahanamahas not received an official complaint from Quetta Gladiators againstPeshawar Zalmi for changing the condition of the ball…” the PCB mediarelease said.
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The PCB made clear they will not recognise Sarfaraz’s public comments as anofficial complaint, and were not happy with the manner in which Quetta hadhandled the matter.
“We are aware that a statement on changing the condition of the ball hasbeen made without providing any concrete evidence or lodging a formalcomplaint through the correctly stated procedure,” Wasim Khan, the PCB CEO,said. – ESPNCricketInfo
