Date:09/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/09/stories/2007030906932000.htm

Sport - Cricket

PCB, ECB to discuss compensation dispute

Karachi: The dispute between the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) over the payment of compensation amount for the forfeited Oval Test last year is still unresolved and will be discussed in London later this month.

A well-placed source said that contrary to media reports that the matter had been resolved after the ECB dropped its claims, the matter was still very much festering.

``The ECB has been insisting on being paid compensation of around Ł800,000 for lost revenues when Pakistan forfeited the fourth Test against England at the Oval last year on the fourth day,'' the source told PTI on Thursday.

``The PCB had turned down the compensation claim and later offered to play a one-day international this year to allow the ECB recover its lost revenues. But it has not been resolved as yet,'' he said. — PTI