ESPNcricinfo understands the ECB is conducting a assessment of the case to evaluate potential breaches of contract not simply with the board itself, but additionally with white-ball leagues he has performed within the UAE as a neighborhood participant, together with the ILT20 and the T10.
The choice of the assessment, which ECB sources instructed ESPNcricinfo will probably be finalised within the subsequent fortnight, might carry important ramifications for Usman. It’s understood he might face a ban from league cricket within the UAE, thus depriving him of probably the most financially profitable cricket he has performed in his profession to this point.
If a breach of contract is deemed to have occurred, additionally it is set to have penalties for the participant’s work allow, beneath which he has lived within the UAE to finish the residency requirement to have the ability to qualify to play worldwide cricket for the UAE; he nonetheless has 14 months to go earlier than he satisfies that standards.
For his half, Usman believes he has not breached any contract, contesting that his contract consists of an exit clause with a 30-day discover interval. It’s understood he’s resigned to no matter sanction the ECB levies on him, and that the attract of enjoying for Pakistan when the PCB got here calling after the PSL was too attractive to show down.
However given he hasn’t but performed worldwide cricket for both nation, a tug of battle has damaged out for a participant who appears on the peak of his prowess in the meanwhile. The ECB’s choice to announce a right away assessment has indicated they’re unwilling to roll over and let what they view as their participant be poached by the PCB from beneath their noses.
For Usman, the choice comes right down to the attraction of enjoying the world’s greatest tournaments – such because the T20 World Cup in June which he seems to be a shoo-in for with Pakistan – balanced in opposition to the profitable nature of a contract T20 specialist affiliated with the UAE. Whereas he seems to have chosen the previous over the latter for now, a lot could relaxation on the result of the ECB’s assessment.
