Pakistan explains the situation of Andy Pycroft by the official statement of X. The picture is from the conversation he had with the head coach and the captain (Screengrab) The Pakistanian cricket council (PCB) issued a statement that the Referee of the International Crime Council (ICC) Andy Pycroft apologized to the captain and the national team manager after the controversial “No-Handshake” during the collision in Asia-Pakistan. In his statement, the PCB stated that Pycroft admitted that the decision to prevent the usual handshake between the two captains was the result of “incorrect communication”. He added that the official for the episode “apologized to the manager and captain of the Pakistanic cricket team”.
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However, the Board of Directors claimed that it had strongly protested against Pycroft’s treatment and formally appealed to the ICC to replace it as a referee for Pakistan’s following accessories against the United Arab Emirate. This application has been rejected.Before the start of the game, Pakistani Captain Salman Ali Agha did not shake his hands with Pycroft, unlike Captain Sae Muhammad Wase. “ICC expressed its readiness to explore the violation of the Code of behavior during the match on September 14,” added the PCB statement, emphasizing the willingness of the managing body to review the sequence of events.
Official PCB statement on X (Screngrab)
On Wednesday, when the Pakistani game against UAE after uncertainty over the participation of the team continued to escalate on Wednesday when the Pakistan game was delayed. The players were “stopped” to board a team bus in their hotel even after their set were loaded, while the Asian cricket council erased their contributions to the match and added to speculation about a potential boycott. Despite the Pycroft apology, ICC said that the internal survey had already cleaned him and noted that he actually acted to “prevent potential embarrassment for both captains” by communicating the organizers’ decisions. He also stressed that the official appointment of conformity is centralized and “no Member Council can be influenced by considerations”. However, the PCB position remains in an unpleasant place, given that they have recognized Pycroft’s apology and at the same time signaled the dissatisfaction that their reference to its replacement was rejected. This leaves the team caught in the controversy just before the decisive Asia Cup.
