{"id":21631,"date":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21631"},"modified":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T15:04:17","slug":"ca-boss-addresses-pakistan-bbl-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=21631","title":{"rendered":"CA boss addresses Pakistan BBL ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Cricket Australia remains hopeful it can find a resolution with the Pakistan Cricket Board after it banned its players from competing in overseas Twenty20 tournaments.<\/p>\n<p>PCB chief operating officer Sumair Ahmad Syed issued players a notice on September 29, restricting them from competitions outside Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s is a major blow to Cricket Australia and its Big Bash League clubs after Pakistani talent was the highlight of a successful draft.<\/p>\n<p>Top-liners Babar Azam (Sydney Sixers), Shaheen Shah Afridi (Brisbane Heat) and Muhammad Rizwan (Melbourne Renegades) were all locked in for the upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia boss Todd Greenberg is in contact with the PCB and remains confident the headline acts will feature this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve been in contact with our colleagues at the PCB over the last few days, we\u2019re hopeful we can find a resolution,\u201d Greenberg said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re really looking forward to welcoming their players to the Big Bash, we think they\u2019ll add great value \u2026 it will be a fascinating summer across the BBL, yeah.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBL, and more specifically Sydney Thunder, received a boost when Indian megastar Ravichandran Ashwin signed last week.<\/p>\n<p>Greenberg denies any integral issues with Ashwin\u2019s arrival post draft and expects him to be a major drawcard.<\/p>\n<p>In a notification issued on September 29, PCB Chief Operating Officer Sumair Ahmad Syed informed players and their representatives of the decision.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the approval of Chairman PCB, all No Objection Certificates (NOCs) for players with respect to participation in leagues and other out-of-country tournaments are hereby put on hold until further orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The board has not provided an official reason for the suspension.<\/p>\n<p>The decision, however, came just a day after Pakistan\u2019s narrow defeat to India in the ACC Men\u2019s T20 Asia Cup 2025 final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on September 28.<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear whether any exemptions will be made or how long the suspension will remain in place.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cricket Australia remains hopeful it can find a resolution with the Pakistan Cricket Board after it banned its players from competing in overseas Twenty20 tournaments. PCB chief operating officer Sumair Ahmad Syed issued players a notice on September 29, restricting them from competitions outside Pakistan. It\u2019s is a major blow to Cricket Australia and its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21631","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21631\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}