PCB to allow Pakistan players to play upto three foreign T20 leagues

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in May 2018 had made the tough call to allow its contracted players to participate in only two foreign leagues, while the non-contracted players had to have featured in at least three first-class games for them to be eligible for a NOC. Such calls came at the back of head coach Mickey Arthur's plea to the board to address player management policy, following the team's abysmal performance in New Zealand that culminated in a 0-5 ODI series defeat. PCB chief executive Wasim Khan said that it was important that players are given the opportunities to make additional earnings and develop their skills around the world.

As per the new policy, the process for the domestically-contracted players to seek NOCs will be routed through the state associations and will go through further screening via inputs from the cricket operations department before a final call is taken on the approval.