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Islamabad - The Pakistan Cricket Board will miss out on at least $1.5 million (R15.29 million) after its short tour of South Africa could not go ahead because of the PCB chairperson's suspension.
"We could have earned $1.5 million ... but the day tour was supposed to be finalised, the court suspended us," suspended chairperson Najam Sethi told Geo Television on Sunday.
Sethi said he had almost finalised the plans for Pakistan's tour to South Africa starting November 16, before Islamabad High Court judge Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui suspended him and the Interim Management Committee of the PCB last Tuesday.
The IHC suspended Sethi for not conducting elections for the chairperson's post within the 90 days which expired on October 18.
The Pakistani government appointed Sethi as interim PCB chairperson in July after the IHC suspended Zaka Ashraf for not being fairly elected.
The recent legal battle has virtually paralysed the workings of the PCB.
According
to Sethi at least 89 people are "jobless" after their contracts expired
last Thursday — two days after he was suspended.
He said that includes national team bowling coach Mohammad Akram, who is currently with the team in the United Arab Emirates, head of international cricket Intikhab Alam, Haroon Rasheed and Wasim Bari.
"There is no authority to extend their contracts or to review them ... or to renegotiate terms," Sethi said.
He said there's also no national selection committee at present to pick a Twenty20 squad for the two-match series against the Proteas in Dubai scheduled for November 13 and 15.
"I don't know if we are playing T20s or not, there's no selection committee," he said.
