The Pakistan Cricket Board’s bizarre stance against the International Cricket Council is being ridiculed by Iceland Cricket and it has made a few amusing posts on PCB’s social media platforms over the last week.
Iceland Cricket has confirmed to the ICC in their most recent post that they will not be able to replace Pakistan even if they leave the event right now. It is too late, according to Iceland Cricket, to prepare their team for the marquee event.
In a lengthy post on X, Iceland Cricket confessed: “It is with a heavy heart that we now announce our unavailability to replace Pakistan in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Regardless of whether they now withdraw, the short timescales ensure it is impossible for our squad to prepare in the professional manner necessary to compete effectively in this global cricketing spectacle. We are not like Scotland and able to turn up on a whim, with no kit sponsor.”
“Our players are from all walks of life and cannot simply drop their occupations to fly halfway around the world to experience temperatures only normally felt in Finnish saunas. Our captain, a professional baker, needs to attend to his oven, our ship captain needs to steer his vessel, and our bankers need to go bankrupt (again). This is the harsh reality of cricket at the amateur level of the game,” the post read.
The post added that while Iceland Cricket miss out, it is Uganda’s gain, wishing them the very best.
“Our loss is likely Uganda’s gain. We wish them well. Their kits cannot be missed unless you have epilepsy, in which case they are probably best avoided,” the post further read.
Meanwhile, the PCB, led by Mohsin Naqvi, is scheduled to make the final announcement on Friday. According to reports, the team has already made travel arrangements and will go to Colombo with the Australian team.
