“That’s something that is ongoing at the moment. Greg and Geoff are in Pakistan at the moment (landing Tuesday morning), discussing a number of areas with the PCB hierarchy,” Wasim said. “That is certainly up to the two countries and the hierarchy within the ICC to discuss and come to some conclusions.”
Barclay and Allardice’s visit to Pakistan will be the first by high-ranked ICC officials since the then-president Ray Mali’s visit in 2008. They will be in the country for two days, during which a range of topics will be on the table, including the ICC’s finance model and deliberations around Pakistan hosting the Champions Trophy in February 2025. It is understood that Barclay also visited India before his trip to Pakistan.
However, Pakistan have been back to staging international cricket over the last few years and have hosted South Africa, Australia, England and New Zealand for full tours, even as matches against India have taken place only across ICC and ACC events.
But Sethi said his board will not approve the model unless it is presented with more details of the workings behind it. From the proposed model, the BCCI is expected to receive 38.5% of the ICC’s annual projected earnings of US $600 million, with the PCB to get a much lower share of only 5.75%.