3 Person Panel for BCCI_PCB Dispute. How to deal with PCB the Thug Board

[Khota]

ICC appoints three-person panel for BCCI-PCB dispute

ESPNcricinfo staff

 

 

The BCCI and the PCB's dispute over two unplayed bilateral series moved a step forward after the ICC constituted a three-person dispute panel four months after Pakistan decided to take the legal route in pursuit of its resolution. The hearings will take place in Dubai from October 1-3 and the decision of the panel will be final.

"The International Cricket Council today confirmed that the Hon Michael Beloff QC will chair the Dispute Panel in the matter of proceedings between the Pakistan Cricket Board and the Board of Control for Cricket in India," the ICC said in a statement. "The other two members of the panel, which has been established under the Terms of Reference of the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee, are Mr Jan Paulsson and Hon Dr Annabelle Bennett AO, SC. The hearing will take place in Dubai from 1-3 October and, as per Article 10.4 of the Terms of Reference of the ICC Disputes Resolution Committee, the decision of the Dispute Panel shall be non-appealable and shall remain the full and final decision in relation to the matter and binding on all parties."

The PCB claims up to $70million worth lost revenue from failure of the BCCI to play two series - in November 2014 and December 2015 - which were agreed by the boards in April 2014. Both series were officially slotted into the ICC's Future Tour Programme (FTP) with Pakistan as host. However, amid a deteriorating political situation, the BCCI refused to honour that agreement.

The PCB, saying they had no option left, sent a notice of dispute to the ICC. Under the watch of the ICC, both boards met on a number of occasions to try and reach a resolution in good faith, to no avail.

In a final motion, a three-person dispute panel headed by Beloff with Paulsson (Pakistan representation) and Bennett (Indian representation) will have a three-day hearing at the ICC headquarters in Dubai. Beloff, incidentally, was head of the ICC tribunal which banned Salman Butt, Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif for spot-fixing in 2011. The proceedings are likely to be conducted in private.

"Unless the parties agree to settle their dispute in the meantime, the Dispute Panel shall decide the outcome of the case following deliberation in private," read the terms of reference. "They shall endeavour to reach a unanimous decision, but a majority decision shall suffice. No member of the Dispute Panel may abstain from voting on the outcome of any dispute, but any member may record a dissenting opinion which may be attached to the majority decision with the permission of the Chairperson of the Dispute Panel. "

The bone of contention is theoriginal agreement between the two sides in 2014, which is expected to be a central pillar in the PCB's arguments. It had agreed on both sides playing six series between December 2015 and November-December 2022, and also an effort to play a short limited-overs series in Pakistan (or a neutral venue) in November 2014. But amid tense relations between the two governments, any chance of a resumption in bilateral ties had always looked distant. And that has been the BCCI's core claim all along - that it does not have government permission to play Pakistan.

India and Pakistan have not played a full series since the 2008 terror attacks in Mumbai, which India blamed on militants based in Pakistan. Pakistan visited India for a short limited-overs series in December 2012, but that did not do enough to thaw the frosty relationship.

[cric_fan]

Thug board

[Khota]

10 minutes ago, cric_fan said:

Thug board

A thug is typically referred to a male or female who commits crimes for personal gain through stealing, etc. etc.

[Khota]

Mods or anyone who understands this can explain. Is this a binding decision or an opinion?

[velu]

PCB should stop begging 

[Khota]

1 hour ago, velu said:

PCB should stop begging 

They have stopped begging. Now they have decided to steal and see if that works. Thugs.

[cric_fan]

Mods or anyone who understands this can explain. Is this a binding decision or an opinion?

Binding decision

[Khota]

23 minutes ago, cric_fan said:

 

Binding decision

 

Can you point to the source?

[Moochad]

kuch nahi kar sakte, if our board wants, it can just pull out of icc itself. 

[Trichromatic]

1 hour ago, Khota said:

Can you point to the source?

Binding where they board won't have right to appeal against the decision. 

 

However don't think ICC can actually force BCCI to pay anything to PCB.

[Khota]

13 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

Binding where they board won't have right to appeal against the decision. 

 

However don't think ICC can actually force BCCI to pay anything to PCB.

I hope you are right. With those thugs I smell a trap.

[Khota]

34 minutes ago, Moochad said:

kuch nahi kar sakte, if our board wants, it can just pull out of icc itself. 

That is not so easy to pull out of ICC but can figure a way to starve them of money.

[Trichromatic]

11 minutes ago, Khota said:

I hope you are right. With those thugs I smell a trap.

I doubt that they can trap BCCI with all this. This case runs on thin ice and ICC is not a government agency. It's highly unlikely that any decision will go in PCB favor. However if anything like that happens and BCCI refuses to pay, there isn't much that ICC can do. If it tries to deduct the money from BCCI's share and give it to PCB then in that case, BCCI can always go to an Indian court against ICC on it's own. Even though Indian courts or govt may not have jurisdiction over ICC, they can always stop ICC from Indian markets if it is found that BCCI has been treatly wrongly. Then it will become a business decision for ICC to decide on this.

 

Any trap or any such tactic may work with other boards, but not with BCCI.

[Trichromatic]

44 minutes ago, Moochad said:

kuch nahi kar sakte, if our board wants, it can just pull out of icc itself. 

Why even talk about pulling out? That won't be needed at any time.

[Khota]

18 minutes ago, Trichromatic said:

I doubt that they can trap BCCI with all this. This case runs on thin ice and ICC is not a government agency. It's highly unlikely that any decision will go in PCB favor. However if anything like that happens and BCCI refuses to pay, there isn't much that ICC can do. If it tries to deduct the money from BCCI's share and give it to PCB then in that case, BCCI can always go to an Indian court against ICC on it's own. Even though Indian courts or govt may not have jurisdiction over ICC, they can always stop ICC from Indian markets if it is found that BCCI has been treatly wrongly. Then it will become a business decision for ICC to decide on this.

 

Any trap or any such tactic may work with other boards, but not with BCCI.

At this stage the only leverage BCCI has is to stop payments to ICC for revenue. India should never pull out of iCC but just make it difficult for them to make any revenue from India.

[Khota]

9 minutes ago, Pace90 said:

Forum for Pakistan bashing on the name of cricket, polluted .

By going to ICC you are mixing sports and politics. This is predominantly a cricket forum with very objective/smart members.

Go see the green ghetto and you can see hate dripping all over the place.

Edited April 15, 2018 by Khota

[Khota]

57 minutes ago, Green Monster said:

pointless exercise, we will savor the victory at the WC even more if we dont have to play this series

You are just not good enough to beat India consistently. You might fluke your way to win here and there.

[Guest]

I think, the Indians have told ICC that they will NOT pay, no matter what ..... so ICC might as well not Rule against the Indians !!!!!!

[Khota]

2 hours ago, Green Monster said:

WC is 1 match, so consistency is irrelevant...

True. your odds are no better than 3 in 10. Ct was just 3 of those 10 day type. As they say "Sh%t happens"

[Khota]

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I think, the Indians have told ICC that they will NOT pay, no matter what ..... so ICC might as well not Rule against the Indians !!!!!!

And you know that how?