Pakistan snub England costs claim

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One more twist to the Wig, oops sorry Hair saga.

Pakistan snub England costs claim

The Pakistan Cricket Board has confirmed it has rejected a costs claim by the England and Wales Cricket Test for the forfeited Oval Test.

The ECB estimates it lost £800,000 after the Pakistan team refused to take to the field in protest at being penalised for ball-tampering.
Pakistan were cleared at a hearing and believe they should not have to pay.
A PCB ad-hoc committee confirmed the ECB had sent in a claim but it would be contested through its lawyers.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan said earler: “We are not ready to pay because it was not our responsibility.”
Spectators who attended the fourth day’s play were given a 40% refund by the ECB and those who had tickets for the fifth day received a full refund.
After the match was forfeited - the first time this has happened in the 129-year history of Test cricket - Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq was charged with ball-tampering and bringing the game into disrepute.
He was cleared on the ball-tampering charge at a disciplinary hearing but found guilty of bringing the game into disrepute and banned for four one-day internationals.
The PCB believes umpire Darrell Hair was responsible for the match being forfeited and therefore the International Cricket Council, as Hair’s employers, should pay the ECB’s costs. Waseem Khokhar, of the PCB’s lawyers DLA Piper, told the Sunday Times: "It’s a question of causation. “Our view would be that the causal link (of the abandonment) doesn’t end up at the door of the PCB.”

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don't they refund the 5th day tickets anyway if the match ends earlier?

~*~ Aaj Larkian ~*~
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If anyone should Hair should...................

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pcb should take icc to to or hair to court on this! becuz they were wrongly accused

..............Laughter Thread................!!!!!
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Good reaction from the PCB.

They should stand by their decision. If the ICC didnt appoint such incompetent umpires in the first place all of this wouldnt have hapened.

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Hair kee pay sai "katooti" honee chehyee every month :)

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An update on the issue…
Tug of war over compensation continues

England gives Pakistan until the end of October to settle

Cricinfo staff

October 11, 2006

Inzamam-ul-Haq leads his side back onto the field … but too late to save the Test © Getty Images
The row over compensation for the abandoned Oval Test rumbles on.

Last week, the Pakistan board refused the ECB’s claim for £800,000 to cover losses resulting from the abandoned match. The PCB insists that the ICC are responsible for compensation as it was the umpires, their employees, whose actions led to the match being called off. The ECB has now given the PCB until the end of the month to settle.

“The Pakistan board has been very consistent in saying to us that England are the totally innocent party and whatever happens England should not be economically penalised on that Test match,” David Collier, the ECB chief executive, said. "The argument, particularly following the hearing at The Oval, that Pakistan has raised is that there was a causal effect to prevent the game being concluded and Pakistan’s contention would be that the claim should be to the ICC rather than to the PCB.

"We’ve now formally gone back to Pakistan and have pointed out to Pakistan that, in our opinion, if there is a causal effect then it is up to Pakistan to take up with the third party not for England to take up. So the ball is back in Pakistan’s court.

“If there isn’t an obvious resolution it can be referred to the ICC’s panel. That is the proper course we would take, rather than engage in any legal fight. We will refer it at the end of this month if we have not had a response.”

"We have said in our letter that the Oval Test not being completed is a case of cause and effect. Saleem Altaf, Pakistan’s director of cricket operations, said last week. “The ECB should realise that we have been vindicated in our stand on ball-tampering, which led to the effect. They should contact the person responsible.”

© Cricinfo

http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/current/story/263530.html

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Hahah, all the claims by PCB earlier that England was the innocent party in this mess, are coming back to bite us! Nice going PCB and Shehryar.

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Just thinking... whats the worse that can happen if PCB doesnt pay up the 800,000 pounds? What will ECB do? Boycott tours to pak? Get Tony Blair to bomb pakistan?

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^ They could get ICC to suspend Pakistan from playing other member countries.

Is it a good idea to tell ur wife about ur past ?
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That would be even more ironic if ICC suspends Pakistan. I mean theyre the ones who're supposed to pay up in the first place..

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ICC is not going to pay. the ruling of inzimam bringing game into disrepute basically is saying no matter what your issues, right or wrong, you should not have done what you did.

using that as a basis, ICC is not going to pay up.

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PCB is not going to pay.

Darrell Hair maybe?

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bloody double standards:mad: Did Pakistan ever get any compensation from ICC or International teams when they refused to tour Pakistan even though it was scheduled in ICC’s FTP.

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**Tug of war over compensation continues

England gives Pakistan until the end of October to settle**

Cricinfo staff

October 11, 2006

The row over compensation for the abandoned Oval Test rumbles on.

Last week, the Pakistan board refused the ECB’s claim for £800,000 to cover losses resulting from the abandoned match. The PCB insists that the ICC are responsible for compensation as it was the umpires, their employees, whose actions led to the match being called off. The ECB has now given the PCB until the end of the month to settle.

“The Pakistan board has been very consistent in saying to us that England are the totally innocent party and whatever happens England should not be economically penalised on that Test match,” David Collier, the ECB chief executive, said. "The argument, particularly following the hearing at The Oval, that Pakistan has raised is that there was a causal effect to prevent the game being concluded and Pakistan’s contention would be that the claim should be to the ICC rather than to the PCB.

"We’ve now formally gone back to Pakistan and have pointed out to Pakistan that, in our opinion, if there is a causal effect then it is up to Pakistan to take up with the third party not for England to take up. So the ball is back in Pakistan’s court.

“If there isn’t an obvious resolution it can be referred to the ICC’s panel. That is the proper course we would take, rather than engage in any legal fight. We will refer it at the end of this month if we have not had a response.”

"We have said in our letter that the Oval Test not being completed is a case of cause and effect. Saleem Altaf, Pakistan’s director of cricket operations, said last week. “The ECB should realise that we have been vindicated in our stand on ball-tampering, which led to the effect. They should contact the person responsible.”

© Cricinfo

Source: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/engvpak/content/story/263530.html

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^ hey ROCK..homerJ already posted this ....
come on yaar... post fresh stuff now..
:)

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Seems a different article to me. :)

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^ They are same, except Homer J also copied text of image in the article.

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OK - no problem