ICC chairman Greg Barclay and CEO Geoff Allardice are set to go to Pakistan on Tuesday, with the nation's participation within the World Cup in India in October-November this yr anticipated to be the principle a part of the discussions. The journey is a part of a collection of normal visits to Full Members.

"That's something that is ongoing at the moment. Greg and Geoff are in Pakistan at the moment (landing Tuesday morning), discussing a number of areas with the PCB hierarchy," Wasim stated. "That is certainly up to the two countries and the hierarchy within the ICC to discuss and come to some conclusions."

Barclay and Allardice's go to to Pakistan would be the first by high-ranked ICC officers for the reason that then-president Ray Mali's go to in 2008. They might be within the nation for 2 days, throughout which a spread of subjects might be on the desk, together with the ICC's finance mannequin and deliberations round Pakistan internet hosting the Champions Trophy in February 2025. It is known that Barclay additionally visited India earlier than his journey to Pakistan.

However, Pakistan have been again to staging worldwide cricket over the previous few years and have hosted South Africa, Australia, England and New Zealand for full excursions, at the same time as matches towards India have taken place solely throughout ICC and ACC occasions.

But Sethi stated his board won't approve the mannequin except it's offered with extra particulars of the workings behind it. From the proposed mannequin, the BCCI is predicted to obtain 38.5% of the ICC's annual projected earnings of US $600 million, with the PCB to get a a lot decrease share of solely 5.75%.