PCB misses out on USD 1.5 million after SA tour cancelled

The legal wrangles of the Pakistan Cricket Board has led to the cancellation of the short limited over series in South Africa this month, which could have earned PCB at least USD 1.5 million.
An official in the Pakistan board told PTI that both countries had discussed Pakistan going to South Africa directly from the UAE this month to play three one-dayers and couple of T20 matches.
"The South Africans were also keen on the short tour because of the fact that India has shortened its tour this December," he explained.
"But we decided against making any commitments because of the legal complications in the cricket set up right now," the official stated.

The short series was planned during a two-week window in November after the two sides wrap up their current bilateral series in the UAE on November 15.
The South African board had offered the PCB USD 1.5 million to host them but Sethi said he could not discuss the matter as he was suspended.
"CSA had offered us to play a short series in South Africa. But due to the ongoing legal crisis in the PCB, we cannot extend discussions with them," Najam Sethi said on a television show.
"The day I had started working on the proposal by CSA, the court suspended me and the IMC, so the idea could not materialize," he confirmed.