The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Quetta Gladiators on Saturday issued a joint assertion on allegations made by Australia all-rounder James Faulkner. The cricketer pulled out of the event halfway, citing irregularities within the cost of his contractual payment.
In reply, the board and the franchise condemned Faulkner’s act and known as it ‘gross misconduct’. As a disciplinary motion, the cricketer has been barred from participating in PSL sooner or later.
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The PCB additionally claimed that Faulkner, earlier than his departure, had brought on deliberate injury to property on the lodge he was staying at and that the board needed to pay for the damages. It said that it additionally obtained stories and complaints from immigration authorities that Faulkner’s behaviour on the airport was inappropriate and abusive.
“In wake of the above, and taking critical word of Mr James Faulkner’s gross misconduct that was an try to convey the PCB, Pakistan cricket and the HBL Pakistan Super League into disrepute, it has been unanimously agreed by the PCB and the franchises that Mr James Faulkner is not going to be drafted in future HBL Pakistan Super League occasions,” part of the assertion learn.
Here’s the full statement issue by the PCB and Quetta Gladiators:
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