Players unhappy with PCB CEO

Published April 20, 2004

ISLAMABAD, April 19: Serious differences have surfaced between national cricketers and chief executive of Pakistan Cricket Board, Ramiz Raja, sources in PCB said on Monday. The players have accused Ramiz of criticising them during his commentary on a private sports channel.

"Ramiz should think before he speaks as he is also the CEO of the PCB and the comments he passed for national cricketers may harm their image as well as PCB", sources quoted a senior player as saying. Ramiz, a former Test cricketer has been commenting for a Dubai-based TV channel for a long time and has created serious differences with the national players for criticising them.

Sources disclosed that some of junior players have also expressed their concern over the Ramiz's remarks and urged the PCB chairman Shaharyar M Khan to review the matter as Ramiz was busy in misguiding cricket fans as well as international media.

"Ramiz himself made the cricketing policies and when he failed to produce some positive results he started blaming cricketers," sources quoted a junior player as saying. Sources further disclosed that the PCB chairman has received bundle of complaints against Ramiz regarding poor administration and contract systems.

It is worth mentioning here that Ramiz has been facing couple of cases against him in Court, filed by some former Test cricketers and ex-PCB officials for making huge losses to national cricket board including a case of black marketing of tickets in the series against England in 2000. -PPI

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