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09-07-2007, 09:09 PM
Shoaib to be sent home after incident
Osman Samiuddin
September 7, 2007
Shoaib Akhtar will not play in the ICC World Twenty20, after being sent home following a dressing-room scuffle in which he allegedly hit Mohammad Asif with a bat © AFP
Shoaib Akhtar's troubled career has taken yet another twist following a decision by the Pakistan board to send him back from Pakistan's 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 after a dressing-room scuffle in which he was alleged to have hit fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif with a bat.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has responded by handing Shoaib an indefinite ban, pending a disciplinary hearing that will be conducted once the team returns from South Africa.
"Shoaib's ban is an indefinite suspension," Nasim Ashraf, the board chairman, told Cricinfo. "There is no question of Shoaib returning to South Africa for the latter half of the tournament [in the event of Pakistan playing more than five matches]."
"When the team management returns [from the tournament], the board will launch a full investigation and disciplinary hearing into the matter. Further action based on that is likely," Ashraf said.
A press release issued on Friday by team manager Talat Ali in Johannesburg said, "The decision [to send him home] has been taken on an incident that took place yesterday [6th September] afternoon at the Centurion Park after the practice session of the Pakistan team. It was reported to us by Asif that Shoaib had hit him on his leg with a bat and abused him."
The bowler was already on six weeks' probation following a breach of discipline last month after he left a training camp in Karachi without informing officials. Two hearings were held, after which it was decided that a monetary fine would be suspended pending his behaviour. Ashraf indicated that action would be likely.
cricinfo
Osman Samiuddin
September 7, 2007
Shoaib Akhtar will not play in the ICC World Twenty20, after being sent home following a dressing-room scuffle in which he allegedly hit Mohammad Asif with a bat © AFP
Shoaib Akhtar's troubled career has taken yet another twist following a decision by the Pakistan board to send him back from Pakistan's 15-man squad for the ICC World Twenty20 after a dressing-room scuffle in which he was alleged to have hit fellow fast bowler Mohammad Asif with a bat.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has responded by handing Shoaib an indefinite ban, pending a disciplinary hearing that will be conducted once the team returns from South Africa.
"Shoaib's ban is an indefinite suspension," Nasim Ashraf, the board chairman, told Cricinfo. "There is no question of Shoaib returning to South Africa for the latter half of the tournament [in the event of Pakistan playing more than five matches]."
"When the team management returns [from the tournament], the board will launch a full investigation and disciplinary hearing into the matter. Further action based on that is likely," Ashraf said.
A press release issued on Friday by team manager Talat Ali in Johannesburg said, "The decision [to send him home] has been taken on an incident that took place yesterday [6th September] afternoon at the Centurion Park after the practice session of the Pakistan team. It was reported to us by Asif that Shoaib had hit him on his leg with a bat and abused him."
The bowler was already on six weeks' probation following a breach of discipline last month after he left a training camp in Karachi without informing officials. Two hearings were held, after which it was decided that a monetary fine would be suspended pending his behaviour. Ashraf indicated that action would be likely.
cricinfo