*KARACHI : *Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Najam Sethi has warnedthe Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) to not hold any leagues between Octoberand March, saying that if they do not comply to these demands, the PCB willshift their home venue from the UAE to Malaysia.
The PCB chairman also highlighted that, while this demand has been acceptedverbally, the board has also sought a written reply from them.
“If any leagues are held in the UAE between October to March, we will beforced to shift our home venue from the UAE to Malaysia,” said Sethi, whiletalking to *Daily Express*. “We have agreed verbal terms with the Emiratesboard but we require a written response from them as well.”
This response came after Afghanistan announced to hold their own T20league, the Afghanistan Premier League, in the UAE in October and Sethisaid that, given the busy schedule Pakistan have, it does not sit well withthe cricket board to allow UAE venues to be used while Pakistan’s cricketseason is under way.
“I have no problem with them holding events before September, but the AsiaCup will be held in September followed by series with Australia and NewZealand in October, while January and February will remain busy followed bythe Pakistan Super League (PSL), so we just do not want anything tointerfere with our cricket calendar,” he said.
Sethi further highlighted that the International Cricket Council (ICC) isalso wary of the number of T20 leagues popping up and is already working todevise a plan to regulate the calendar.