Overview
- The Pakistan Cricket Board announced a six‑person commentary panel on Saturday that omitted Michael Atherton and Nasser Hussain from the ODI tri‑series featuring Pakistan, England and Sri Lanka.
- The named panel includes Waqar Younis, Aamir Sohail, Bazid Khan, Urooj Mumtaz, Roshan Abeysinghe and Mark Butcher, with Zainab Abbas as presenter and Younis joining from the second match.
- Media accounts link the omission to an 18‑minute Sky Sports interview in August in which Atherton spoke to Kasim and Sulaiman Khan about their jailed father Imran Khan, a broadcast that prompted a formal PCB complaint.
- The Sky interview was carried internationally but not by Pakistan's state broadcaster PTV, and the PCB reportedly considered strong reprisals at the time, including a possible player walkout.
- The board has given no public reason for the change, and the move could affect relations with overseas broadcasters and how international fixtures are covered going forward.