ISLAMABAD, Feb 29: Arif Ali Khan Abbasi, former chief executive of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Sunday called for an end to ad hocism in the sport.

There is no justification for running cricket on ad hoc basis as it is ruining the game," he said at the Shalimar Ground where Pakistan and India's visually impaired cricketers played the last match of the series.

Abbasi, chairman of the organising committee for the series that ended on Sunday, said that how could the PCB claim the kind of revenue it expected to make from the home series against India when it did not have a general body.

The PCB said last week that it hoped to make profits of Rs 120 crore by hosting India who arrive on March 10 for a five one- day and three-Test series.

Abbasi also questioned PCB chief's wisdom in announcing that there had been no foul play in marketing deals negotiated for the India series. "Who said that any wrong had been done, it only gives the impression as if there actually has been some foul play."

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