Pakistan received threats from India for resisting the Big Three proposal, former Pakistan Cricket Board chairperson Zaka Ashraf said while addressing a gathering in Lahore.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) board had passed a wide-ranging and controversial shake-up of its governance and structure on February 8, effectively placing India, England and Australia in charge of the game.
Pakistan and South Africa had all opposed the revamp when it was debated last month, but South Africa had voted in favour at the meeting. Sri Lanka and Pakistan abstained.
The dominant trio, or the ‘Big Three’, seemed to be the big winners after the proposals were approved by the necessary eight out of 10 full members at a hastily convened ICC board meeting in Singapore.
The former PCB chairperson also stated that there should be no politics in cricket and whatever work he had done as the chairman was done in the best interest of the country, adding that he had no personal agenda whatsoever.
