LAHORE: The 51st meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Board of Governors (BoG) was held at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Lahore here on Tuesday. Except Sialkot and Quetta, all members were present at the meeting. PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani presented his report which dealt with restructuring of the PCB in a bid to professionalize the organization. The BoG was also updated on the new appointments being made, including PCB Managing Director, PCB Director Media and Communication, PCB Chief Strategy Implementation Officer and Project Consultant (Marketing). The task force’s report on domestic cricket structure was also discussed at length. The BoG approved the conceptual framework recommended by the task force in which both the departments and regions would continue to have an important role. It was reiterated that the interest of all stakeholders, especially the players, would be safeguarded. The task force was advised to work on the details of the structure based on constitutional and financial parameters. The BoG, after deliberations, also approved the budget for HBL PSL 2019. The BoG was also updated on the arrangements about the upcoming PSL and the progress of the sales of PSL commercial rights. The audit and cricket committee reports were also presented, while the BoG was given a comprehensive briefing on the outcome of the PCB-BCCI dispute. The BoG was informed that the Independent Disputes Resolution Committee’s decision on the legal costs of the dispute was expected to be announced by ICC on Wednesday (today) and the PCB was confident that the costs liability against it would be substantially less than what eas reported in a section of the media recently. The BOG also approved a 20 percent increase in the payment to former cricketers under the Players’ Welfare Policy 2015. Published in Daily Times, December 19th2018.