PCB and Quetta Gladiators has strongly refuted James Faulkner\u2019s baseless allegations
\n LAHORE
\nThe Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises on Saturday unanimously decided to not draft Australia\u2019s James Faulkner in future tournaments due to his \u201cgross misconduct\u201d.
\nFaulkner had earlier today accused PCB of not fulfilling contractual obligations, which the board, in a short statement, termed as \u201cfalse\u201d and \u201cmisleading\u201d.
\nLater, in a detailed press release from PCB and Quetta Gladiators, the board said it had taken serious note of Faulkner\u2019s gross misconduct and termed it an attempt to bring the PCB, Pakistan cricket, and the PSL into disrepute.
\n\u201c…it has been unanimously agreed by the PCB and the franchises that Mr James Faulkner will not be drafted in future HBL Pakistan Super League events,\u201d the statement said.
\n\u201cThe PCB and Quetta Gladiators are disappointed and dismayed with the reprehensible behavior of James Faulkner, who was also part of the Abu Dhabi-leg of the HBL Pakistan Super League in 2021, and, along with all participants, has always been treated with utmost respect,\u201d the statement said.
\nThe PCB said in the last seven years of PSL, no player has ever complained about the nonfulfillment of the PCB\u2019s contractual obligations.
\nIt noted that all have only praised and appreciated the efforts of the PCB to make their stay, appearance and participation as comfortable as practically possible.
\nThe PCB, without going into the history of Faulkner\u2019s misconduct over the past many years that had also resulted in his fallout with other teams, provided a brief summary of some of the undisputed facts:
\nIn December 2021, Faulkner\u2019s agent confirmed the United Kingdom bank details to which his fee payments should be transferred. This was noted for action.
\nIn January 2022, for reasons best known to Faulkner, his agent sent revised banking details of his onshore account in Australia. However, the contracted 70% of Faulkner\u2019s fee payment was transferred to his offshore UK bank account. The receipt of this payment was acknowledged by him.
\nAccordingly, his payments as per his contract are fully up to date.
\nThe remaining 30% of his contractual payment only becomes due 40 days after the completion of the PSL 2022, which now remains a matter to be reviewed in line with his contract.
\nDespite the money being transferred and received in his account, Faulkner continued to insist that a second duplicate payment of the same amount be made to his account in Australia. This meant Faulkner would have been paid twice.
\nHe further threatened and refused to participate in his side\u2019s match against Multan Sultans on Friday afternoon until his money demands were met.
\nThe PCB, as a responsible organisation, engaged with Faulkner early Friday afternoon in an attempt to reason with him. Despite his reprehensible and insulting behavior during the conversation, Faulkner was assured that all his grievances would be addressed.
\nHe refused to reconsider his decision to take the field in a crucial match for his side, let his team down and demanded that his travel arrangements be immediately made.
\nDuring this time, the PCB was also in constant contact with his agent, who was regretful and apologetic.
\nPrior to his departure on Saturday morning, Faulkner caused deliberate damage to the hotel property and as a result had to pay damages to the hotel management.
\nThe PCB later received reports and complaints from the immigration authorities that Faulkner had acted inappropriately and abusively at the airport.
\nFaulkner\u2019s allegations
\nEarlier today, the Quetta Gladiators\u2019 all-rounder pulled out from the ongoing PSL and blamed the PCB for not \u201chonouring\u201d his \u201ccontractual agreement\u201d.
\nThe Australian cricketer apologised to the Pakistani cricket fans for his withdrawal from the team\u2019s last two matches \u2014 against Multan Sultans on Friday and tomorrow\u2019s fixture against Karachi Kings.
\n\u201cI apologise to the Pakistan cricket fans. But, unfortunately, I\u2019ve had to withdraw from the last 2 matches and leave the PSL due to the PCB not honouring my contractual agreement\/payments,\u201d he said in a tweet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
PCB and Quetta Gladiators has strongly refuted James Faulkner\u2019s baseless allegations LAHORE The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchises on Saturday unanimously decided to not draft Australia\u2019s James Faulkner in future tournaments due to his \u201cgross misconduct\u201d. Faulkner had earlier today accused PCB of not fulfilling contractual obligations, which the board, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245355,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[2972,670,4244,4232],"class_list":{"0":"post-245333","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-banned","9":"tag-future","10":"tag-hbl-psl","11":"tag-james-faulkner"},"yoast_head":"\n