KARACHI – The Test match between Pakistan and South Africa is beinglive-streamed on a betting website, ‘sky247.com.’

‘Sky247.net’, which is one of the co-sponsors for the Test series, is alsopart of the same company which owns sky247.com.

Earlier on the first day of the Test, bets were placed on the match throughlive-stream. The logo of the board was also visible on the left side of thestreaming.

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) contract is with sky247.net, but the websitealso allows visiting the same company’s betting website as well.

On the other hand, Director Media Samiul Hasan Burney said Pakistan doesnot allow companies associated with betting and alcohol products to sponsorevents. PCB will monitor future events on the website in order to determinewhether legal action should be taken or not, he added.

Earlier, the matches of PSL 5 were also streamed on a betting website. Itwas removed later after PCB terminated its contract with the company overnon-payment of dues.