PCB reaches out-of-court settlement with broadcasters

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the broadcasters have reached an out-of-court settlement on a three million dollar fee issue related to the Pakistan and West Indies three-match T20 International (T20I) series held in April 2018.

Since the T20I series was not originally a part of the International Cricket Council (ICC)'s Future Tour Programme, the PCB demanded a separate fee of three million dollar from the broadcasters for it. However, the broadcasters refused to pay the amount.

The issue was also discussed in the Board of Governors (BOG) meeting held in February, earlier this year.

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The former PCB chairman Najam Sethi had already issued an invoice regarding the fee before giving his resignation; hence the matter needed to be resolved.

The PCB initially considered taking the legal route to settle the issue, however the board’s chairman Ehsan Mani helped in resolving the dispute out of the court.

According to the settlement, the broadcasters have already paid $810,000 to the PCB and the rest will be covered through free airtime for the domestic matches organised by the board.

The PCB has already announced that the domestic matches will be broadcasted this season.