Former ICL players approach FICA over pay dispute: Moin

Karachi: The defunct Indian Cricket League has failed to appoint an arbitrator as per its contractual terms with players to resolve pay dispute and the affected cricketers now have the right to approach any court of law.

Former Pakistan captain, Moin Khan who worked in the ICL as coach of the Lahore Badshah team, said that the players whose dues have not been cleared by the ICL are in touch with the Federation of International Cricketers Association.

"As per our contracts with the ICL the league organisers have a contractual obligation to appoint an arbitrator to resolve any pay dispute but they have not done so," he said.

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Moin said that in the next step the players have the right to sue the ICL to recover their dues.

"We want this issue to be resolved as soon as possible because the players whose dues are still to be cleared by the ICL are suffering," he said.

He said that if the ICL does not move to resolve the pay dispute with some players, then the Federation of International Cricketers Association (FICA) could file cases on their behalf against the ICL.

"We are in touch with FICA on this matter but the players have to decide themselves what action they want to take collectively," he said.

Pakistani players made up for the majority of the foreign players who were signed by the ICL for their private Twenty20 cricket league that was held in 2007 and 2008 before being suspended after the Mumbai terror attacks.

The ICL itself last year released many of its signings from contracts but many Pakistani players including Imran Farhat, Muhammad Sami, Hasan Reza, Rana Naved and others have complained they have still not been paid their full dues by the unofficial league which was launched by the Essel group, India's largest media group.

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There is no word from the ICL as yet on whether it will revive its unofficial league that was not recognised by the International Cricket Council or the Indian board (BCCI).

Last year, after much efforts on part of the ICC and International Cricketers Federation, cricket boards of different countries granted a general amnesty to its players who had joined the rebel league to comeback to international ranks after getting NOCs from the ICL.

From Pakistan, Abdul Razzak, Rana Naved, Imran Nazir, Muhammad Yousuf, Muhammad Sami, Imran Farhat were the notable players who accepted the board amnesty deadline and ended their contracts with the ICL and got a chance to play for Pakistan again.