“PCB brought to the meeting their media manager and insisted that he be present during the conversation,” he added.
The media manager was refused entry by the ICC Anti-Corruption Manager because he wanted to take his mobile phone into the PMOA, which is tightly regulated.
The source that the PCB threatened to withdraw from the match if the media manager was not allowed to attend and then insisted on filming (without audio) the conversation, which was a “further violation of the PMOA regulations”.
“The ICC, in order to preserve the interest of the sport, the tournament and the stakeholders involved accepted PCB’s asks although this demonstrated a complete disregard for the sanctity of the PMOA, where the meeting took place,” the source said.
The ICC was also not made aware of how PCB planned to use the filmed footage.
The world body has also taken exception to a PCB media release that claimed Pycroft had “apologised”, when in fact he had merely expressed regret over a miscommunication.
Earlier, PCB media manager Waseem was denied entry into a subsequent meeting inside the PMOA, where filming is strictly prohibited.