Afghanistan Cricket to cut salaries
Kabul:The Afghanistan Cricket Board (AFB) has announced that it will be cutting down the salaries of the coaching staff by 25 per cent this month in order to deal with the financial crisis developed due to COVID-19 pandemic.According to a report in ESPNcricinfo, salary cut could jump to 50 per cent in June if their tour to Zimbabwe in June is cancelled.”This is part of our cost saving strategy as we have been also impacted by the COVID-19 crisis,” ACB chief executive Lutfullah Stanikzai said.”We have decided to cut 25 per cent (of the salary for the coaches) for May, 50 per cent for June if we are not able to resume international cricket. We will try and keep them for as long as our financial situation allows,” he added.Head coach Lance Klusener, batting coach HD Ackermann and assistant coach Nawroz Mangal are among those impacted by the decision.Stanikzai said there has been a loss of revenue for them and they will be negatively impacted if the T20 World Cup — slated to be held in Australia in October-November — does not go as planned. (IANS)
Raja wishes cricket had lie-detectors
Lahore:Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja wishes cricket had a lie detector which could determine which are the players who could be involved in match-fixing in any form.Raja’s statements comes after Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) banned wicket-keeper batsman Shafiqullah Shafaq from all forms of cricket for a period of six years. Shafaq accepted four charges related to breaching of the ACB Anti-Corruption Code, the board had said in a statement on Sunday.Speaking on his Youtube channel, Raja said: “I wish there was an instrument to calculate this intention, just like the temperature taking tools being used for the COVID-19. We could easily red flag players who could go on to become fixers.”A lie-detector test could be used. Just as random samples are taken for dope testing, we should also conduct random lie-detector tests. ” He added. (IANS)
