PCB grants cricketers permission to play Big Bash
PCB has granted Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Afridi and Umar Akmal permission to play at Big Bash League.
They have allowed coming to filed on the request of Cricket Australia.
The trio will miss the last round of Pakistan s domestic Twenty20 tournament and will return in time for the conditioning camp in Lahore ahead of the India tour.
The PCB had earlier denied the players permission to play this BBL, to ensure their participation in the local tournament. Akmal is signed with Sydney Sixers and Ajmal with Adelaide Strikers for the season, while Afridi is set to play for Melbourne Renegades, having transferred from Sydney Thunder.
"We have reconsidered our decision, on the request of Cricket Australia, as the players had already signed their contract," a PCB spokesman told ESPNcricinfo. "They will now leave at the tail end of [Pakistan s] T20 tournament, which runs from December 2 to 10, and will return when our conditioning camp starts."
