County Cricket Club chief executive Paul Millman says he will be 'outraged' if a Pakistan club side containing two players from the rebel ICL league are allowed to play in this year's Champions League event instead of the Kent Spitfires.

Mr Millman confirmed that he and the Executive Board of the county club are still fighting to win back Kent's place in the proposed tournament and that there appeared to be 'huge inconsistencies' in the rules for qualification.

Kent believed they were entitled to play in the much-heralded event after reaching the domestic Twenty20 Cup finals at the Rose Bowl last month, however, Champions League chiefs have since ruled out Kent participation because Spitfires had named Azhar Mahmood and Justin Kemp, both of whom played for teams in the unauthorised Indian Cricket League.

It has since emerged that the team selected for invitation in Kent's place, Pakistan T20 champions' Sialkot Stallions, also have two ICL stars; namely swing bowler Rana Naved and top-order batsman Imran Nazir.

Commenting on what he believes to be a flaw in Champions League qualification policy, Mr Millman said: "If we have been ruled out of this because of our ICL links then there would be a huge matter of inconsistency if the Sialkot side are allowed through and I would be outraged if a Pakistan team with ICL players were to replace us.

"This whole affair has been a moving feast from the time it was first mentioned but there is a potential impact from all this on 15 other counties, not just Kent.

"We are only in the firing line so to speak because we managed to reach the final, but any other of the first-class counties could be going through this and, instead of us, facing up to the implications of what appear to be pretty major inconsistencies."

Mr Millman has no idea of how long Kent can continue their fight for a place in the proposed event but, in vowing to fight on, he added: "The matter is not yet closed as far as we are concerned. We are in constant touch with the ECB who are sympathetic to our case and we are still trying to salvage something for Kent cricket out of it all.

"I'm not even sure when this event is going to take place because the goalposts keep moving in terms of timing, but the last I heard is that it won't now start until December."