By Ubaid Awan
KARACHI, Pakistan
(TheSportsNEXT) November 19, 2012: After a request by the Cricket
Australia, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday allowed three Pakistani
cricketers Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi, and Umar Akmal to enjoy a short stint at
the KFC Big Bash League 2012.
The permission will mean that the three top Pakistani
cricketers will miss the final stages of the local Twenty20 tournament which
runs in parallel with the Australian Twenty20 competition.
The decision is also to the contrary of the PCB’s earlier
stance of saving its cricketers from injuries ahead of the all-important tour
to India. PCB selectors will also be going through their previous statements
where they had made it mandatory for the top cricketers to make sure their
presence in the domestic T20 competition to be picked for the India tour.
The top quality trio will return home for the conditioning
camp in Lahore for the India tour but will miss the major part of the country’s
domestic Twenty20 competition.
It is important to mention here that Saeed Ajmal is
associated with the Adelaide Strikers, Shahid Afridi signed up with Sydney Thunder after transferred from Melbourne
Renegades, while Umar Akmal is due to
represent the Sydney Sixers in the KFC Big Bash League 2012.
Talking to local media on Monday, a PCB spokesperson said
that the decision was reversed after receiving a request by the Cricket
Australian and the three Pakistani cricketers will miss the final stages of the
local T20 tournament to be part of the KFC Big Bash League franchises for a
brief period.
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