Pollard granted No Objection Certificate, says WICB
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) – West Indies allrounder Kieron Pollard has been granted a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to play in the upcoming Ram Slam T20 competition in South Africa, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed yesterday.
The confirmation from WICB president Michael Muirhead contradicts an earlier report from ESPN cricinfo stating that Pollard was denied an NOC for the tournament starting on Friday.
During an interview on Massy United Insurance’s Line & Length Network, Muirhead said it was never the board’s intention not to grant Pollard an NOC, but rather explain to him why the process on this occasion was taking longer than usual.
“It was not denying him any NOC, it was explaining to him why it was taking longer. Normally, we would have responded so in seven days he would have gotten it,” explained Muirhead.