PCB begins investigation into live-streaming case

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has started its investigation about the live-streaming and betting case related to the ongoing Pakistan, South Africa Test series.

The ongoing Karachi Test, between Pakistan and South Africa, was live-streamed on a betting website, sky247.com, during the first two days. 

Sky247.net, which is one of the co-sponsors for the two-match Test series, is also part of the same company which owns sky247.com.  

During the first and second day’s play, bets were placed on the match through live-stream. The board’s logo was also visible on the left side of the video.

According to PCB Director Media, Samiul Hasan Burney, legal action will be taken after determining who was responsible for violating the contract. Investigation in this regard is currently in progress. 

He added that the sponsor’s website, sky247.net, no longer has the link which redirects the user to its betting website. The link was removed after PCB approached the sponsor, yesterday. 

He reiterated that Pakistan’s constitution does not allow companies associated with betting and alcohol products to sponsor cricket events. 

It must be noted that matches of PSL 5, last season, were also streamed on a betting website. The matter was resolved after PCB accepted the apology of one of its partners. Later, PCB terminated its contract with the company over non-payment of dues.