PCB distances itself from Abdul Razzaq `s signing with Surrey

The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that it has no objection if Surrey intends to sign up ICL all-rounder Abdul Razzaq for the Twenty20 league domestic championship.

Officials in the PCB confirmed that Surrey had a few days back written to the Board on Razzaq’s availability, who along with six other Pakistani players have been banned by the board for participating in the Indian Cricket League (ICL)."Basically we have told the county (Surrey) it is their decision if they want to play him or not," the official said.Razzaq has been one of the leading signings of the ICL. He signed with them as early as August, 2007 and appeared in both their competitions.The number of ICL players increasing in the English championship and particularly in the Twenty20 championship has led to a standoff between county officials and Lalit Modi, chairman of the Indian Premier League.While Modi has announced that a Champions League would be held later this year with the winner and runner up teams of the Twenty20 championship in India, England, Australia, South Africa vying for a winners purse of USD five million.
He has made it clear that no county would be allowed to play in the Champions League if they have an ICL player in their ranks.