 | PPL hits scheduling snag
24 October 2012
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KARACHI: Pakistan’s plans for a domestic Twenty20 competition along the lines of the Indian Premier League hit a snag as South Africa refused to reschedule their series to accommodate the tournament.
After the huge success of the IPL and similar leagues around the world, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is planning to launch their own version, partly as an effort to lure overseas cricketers back to the troubled country.
The PCB wanted to stage the Pakistan Premier League (PPL) in March next year but the plan was set back after South Africa refused to rearrange the Pakistan national team’s tour.
Pakistan are scheduled to play three Tests, five One-Day Internationals and two T20s between February 1 and March 24 and wanted the tour to be pushed forward to accommodate the PPL.
“We requested Cricket South Africa to change the itinerary so that we could expand the window for our Premier league, but they said that the tickets for the series are already sold out and it’s not possible now,” PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar told AFP.
“We understand their position and are comfortable with that.”
The dates of the South African tour leave only a tiny window before the lucrative IPL, which attracts most of the game’s biggest stars, begins on April 3.
Reports claim that the PCB has offered substantial sums of money to players from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Australia and the West Indies to appear in the PPL, but security fears will be a huge hurdle in convincing them to come.
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