LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board has expressed its surprise over the Bangladesh Cricket Board for lodging a complaint against Pakistan team after Bangladesh team loss in the final of Asia Cup, two days after the match.
"It is surprising rather astonishing that a complaint was lodged after couple of days of the match", said Intikhab Alam, Director Games Development, PCB here on Monday after a routine consultative discussions held at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) between NCA Officials and various former Pakistan Cricketers.
Among other issues,the recent Asia Cup Final between Pakistan-Bangladesh and complaint filed by the Bangladesh Cricket Board with a considerable delay regarding the purported incident that occurred in the last over of the final of Asia Cup match in Dhaka, was also discussed.
Intikhab Alam, speaking regarding the complaint filed by BCB clarified and brought on record that, " as per Law 42.5 (a) of the Laws of Cricket, it is for either one of the umpires to decide whether any distraction or obstruction is wilful or not".
"Therefore, if any distraction or obstruction was caused by any Pakistani player, as alleged by BCB, the same could have been validly raised, complained against and pursued by on-field umpires only. The fact is that no decision was taken up by the umpires at the relevant time as per the Laws of Cricket, which clearly reflects that no infringement of laws took place",said Intikhab.
He said that it is surprising rather astonishing that a complaint was lodged after couple of days of the match.
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