Have to prepare ourselves for the worst: Mani

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is quite puzzled about how to continue with the planned schedule of tours and what measures can be taken to check the financial losses and how to adjust the suspended schedule into the next year if the pandemic crisis gets extended.

PCB chairman Ehsan Mani, speaking in a podcast session on Tuesday, sounded concerned about many issues.

"Under the current situation, we have to prepare ourselves for the worst and hope for the best. If the cricket does not resume in near future all the cricket boards will face financial problems and it will not be easy to adjust suspended schedule in next year's schedule," said Mani.

"As per the discussion at ICC level, the future of the remaining schedule of the ICC Test Championship is also in doldrums as very little time is remaining. Many series have already been cancelled," he added.

To a question, Mani said if the ICC tournaments will be hit, that would bring a far reaching negative impact on the financial position of many cricket boards.

Mani has asserted that the PCB will not agree to cancelling the Asia Cup, scheduled in the UAE in September, to make room for the Indian Premier League, which has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "I have read and heard about these speculations but right now just remember that having or not having the Asia Cup is not a decision between Pakistan and India it involves other countries as well," asserted Mani.