Pakistan bans ex-cricket captains for bad performance
March 10, 2010
Banning a player like Younus Khan, above, only makes the country look bad, said Wasim Akram. (AFP Photo)
Former Pakistan captains Younus Khan and Mohammad Yousuf have been banned from the national cricket team indefinitely after a dismal performance in Australia, the cricket board said Wednesday.
The punishment was recommended by six-man committee up by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to probe the December-February tour, in which Pakistan lost the Test series 3-0, the one-day matches 5-0 and the only Twenty20 match.
The committee blamed a feud between Yousuf and Khan for the disastrous result, and recommended that the former skippers "should not be part of national team in any format."
"Their attitude has a trickledown effect, which is a bad influence for the whole team," the committee found.
The PCB said in a statement that the "recommendations of the inquiry committee have been accepted by PCB in totality."
Other recommendations included a three-million-rupee (35,500-US-dollar) fine and six months' probation for all-rounder Shahid Afridi for biting a ball during a one-day match.
AFP
- Malaysian Girl Speaks Indonesian After Freak Accident: Report
- Indonesians Buying Up Most Expensive Homes in Singapore
- Indonesia Woman Kills Teenage Brother Over Sock Insult
- Funeral on Friday for Student Killed in Rafting Accident
- Concerned for Orangutans in Indonesia, US Girl Scouts Lobby for Sustainable Palm Oil
- 7 Motorcycle Girls Arrested for Beating Up Their Own on Bali
- Will Lady Gaga Finally Set Foot in Jakarta?
- 5 More Prisoners Found After Jakarta Jail Break
- Opening Eyes to Tolerance Via Film
- Indonesian Operators Ban Access to LGBT Advocacy Web Site
-
8:48pm | Breaking News: Dozens Feared D...
It's amazing there are not a lot more accidents of this severity, given the crazed manner in which many bus drivers 'pilot' their vehicles on th -
7:40pm | Shocking Images Show Animal Cr...
I can definitely tell you that in Islam we do not discriminate animals based on their habit or size. All animals should be loved and not unnecessar -
7:18pm | Malaysian Police Detain Saudi ...
Is that something that interpol do ? Do they have to follow certain guideline on what can be classified as a crime ? -
7:13pm | Shocking Images Show Animal Cr...
Sorry Bawel, my brother... What do you do with Eid Al Adha? Slice (or watch the slicing of) the throat of the goat and let i -
6:48pm | Malaysian Police Detain Saudi ...
vanu - i suspect if the said deity existed he/she would not want his followers to kill people, and yet they do and he/she says nothing... draw your -
6:28pm | Opening Eyes to Tolerance Via ...
agoz - methinks the lady doth protest too much. Suggest you watch 'The Kite Runner' - your type of film buddy. -
6:23pm | Indonesia Partners Catholic Ch...
Church cleric abuse children for decades? It doesn't mean that Catholicism is bad right? Seriously. Or may be the side effect of c -
6:21pm | Concerned for Orangutans in In...
waky - sorry, but what is your argument - that anything can be sacrificed to sustain human existance. If this is what you are saying I totally disa
