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BCB president Nazmul Hassan has said that Bangladesh could pay part of the tour costs to the PCB for their bilateral series in April but the host board won't share profits. He indicated that the BCB could end the impasse between the two boards by sending a representative team to Pakistan.
According to the present FTP, Bangladesh are supposed to host Pakistan for two Tests, three ODIs and a T20 between April 10 and May 7. However, the PCB is yet to hand the BCB an assurance on the tour because the latter hasn't confirmed if it will share tour profits and send Bangladesh U19, A or women's teams to Pakistan.
The two boards held talks in Dubai last month on the sidelines of the ICC meeting but there is room for further discussions on the issue.
In the last four years, PCB and BCB relations have been embroiled as Bangladesh repeatedly pulled out from touring Pakistan, citing safety and security concerns. During the Zaka Ashraf regime, the PCB had barred its cricketers from featuring in the Bangladesh Premier League and the Dhaka Premier League.
Hassan, speaking at his residence in Dhaka, said that he was recently informed by the board that it had paid the PCB a certain amount of money when Pakistan last toured Bangladesh in 2011, so paying them again would not be unique but putting conditions to touring isn't considered acceptable by the BCB.
"I have heard that we had paid them the last time they came on tour," Hassan said. "This is completely new information to me. I only heard it day before yesterday. The amount was not half of the match fee but we had given them some money. So there is precedence. I will have to find out what it is, but the amount was not significant. I will seek more information about it today. If they say just pay our plane fare, then it is a different issue. But match fee or profit sharing is out of the question. It is BCB's own fund, we can't share it with others.
"We will keep discussing with PCB and we will reach a decision. We don't want to make our relations poor with Pakistan, nor do we want their cricket to suffer but we must ensure our players' safety. But I don't accept that there will be conditions to go or to not go on a tour. I don't think the BCB will agree to any conditions."
According to Hassan, the PCB has put pressure on the BCB previously for not touring Pakistan in 2012. Bangladesh had confirmed in an ICC meeting that they would be the first team to tour Pakistan since the 2009 Lahore attack, but backed out soon due to a writ petition in the High Court.
Last year, however, Bangladesh women's football and handball teams toured Pakistan to participate in regional tournaments. Hassan said that while sending the senior men's team was not on their minds, they will look at security arrangements to send an age-group team or the women's team.
He also revealed that the PCB had created more pressure on the BCB by saying Pakistan wouldn't come to play the Asia Cup in 2014 but was forced to after then ACC chairman N Srinivasan indicated that Afghanistan would replace Pakistan in the tournament. At the time the PCB had said it had security concerns following a diplomatic row between the two countries in December 2013. But by mid-January, the PCB agreed to participate in the tournament.
"If we are given enough security, we will send an age-group team or the women's team. If this solves the problem we will probably go. The last time we talked, they put pressure on me because a football and handball team had visited Pakistan.
"They didn't want to play in the Asia Cup last year but were forced to come. At the ACC meeting, the chairman N Srinivasan said that we will play without Pakistan and include Afghanistan in place of Pakistan. When we were taking the final decision, then they came. They were creating pressure on us, but it is true that we had a commitment of touring Pakistan and that too to a written one, which we cannot deny."
source: BCB won't share tour profits with PCB | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
According to the present FTP, Bangladesh are supposed to host Pakistan for two Tests, three ODIs and a T20 between April 10 and May 7. However, the PCB is yet to hand the BCB an assurance on the tour because the latter hasn't confirmed if it will share tour profits and send Bangladesh U19, A or women's teams to Pakistan.
The two boards held talks in Dubai last month on the sidelines of the ICC meeting but there is room for further discussions on the issue.
In the last four years, PCB and BCB relations have been embroiled as Bangladesh repeatedly pulled out from touring Pakistan, citing safety and security concerns. During the Zaka Ashraf regime, the PCB had barred its cricketers from featuring in the Bangladesh Premier League and the Dhaka Premier League.
Hassan, speaking at his residence in Dhaka, said that he was recently informed by the board that it had paid the PCB a certain amount of money when Pakistan last toured Bangladesh in 2011, so paying them again would not be unique but putting conditions to touring isn't considered acceptable by the BCB.
"I have heard that we had paid them the last time they came on tour," Hassan said. "This is completely new information to me. I only heard it day before yesterday. The amount was not half of the match fee but we had given them some money. So there is precedence. I will have to find out what it is, but the amount was not significant. I will seek more information about it today. If they say just pay our plane fare, then it is a different issue. But match fee or profit sharing is out of the question. It is BCB's own fund, we can't share it with others.
"We will keep discussing with PCB and we will reach a decision. We don't want to make our relations poor with Pakistan, nor do we want their cricket to suffer but we must ensure our players' safety. But I don't accept that there will be conditions to go or to not go on a tour. I don't think the BCB will agree to any conditions."
According to Hassan, the PCB has put pressure on the BCB previously for not touring Pakistan in 2012. Bangladesh had confirmed in an ICC meeting that they would be the first team to tour Pakistan since the 2009 Lahore attack, but backed out soon due to a writ petition in the High Court.
Last year, however, Bangladesh women's football and handball teams toured Pakistan to participate in regional tournaments. Hassan said that while sending the senior men's team was not on their minds, they will look at security arrangements to send an age-group team or the women's team.
He also revealed that the PCB had created more pressure on the BCB by saying Pakistan wouldn't come to play the Asia Cup in 2014 but was forced to after then ACC chairman N Srinivasan indicated that Afghanistan would replace Pakistan in the tournament. At the time the PCB had said it had security concerns following a diplomatic row between the two countries in December 2013. But by mid-January, the PCB agreed to participate in the tournament.
"If we are given enough security, we will send an age-group team or the women's team. If this solves the problem we will probably go. The last time we talked, they put pressure on me because a football and handball team had visited Pakistan.
"They didn't want to play in the Asia Cup last year but were forced to come. At the ACC meeting, the chairman N Srinivasan said that we will play without Pakistan and include Afghanistan in place of Pakistan. When we were taking the final decision, then they came. They were creating pressure on us, but it is true that we had a commitment of touring Pakistan and that too to a written one, which we cannot deny."
source: BCB won't share tour profits with PCB | Cricket | ESPN Cricinfo
