ICL reveiled the roster: Inzi, Yousuf, Razzak confirmed

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perhaps this will put some sense in to PCB and teach them to handle players better next time....

all working so well in favor of shoaib malik; i think this lad is highly favored by lady luck....

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Exactly. Good on Inzi, Yousuf, Razzaq and Farhat.

It’s about time our board (read commode) officials learnt how to treat our ex and retiring/ageing players with 12-15 years service to cricket with dignity and respect.

A slap in the face of PCB I say

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Let's not over-react

One's dignity and pride comes before national pride me thinks. Yousuf and Razzaq are quite rightly incensed at being ignored for Twenty-20. I am not so incensed by their omission as by the board officials' lack of manners. The least they could have done is call those players up and tell them why they had not been picked forTwenty-20. Yousuf and Razzaq are senior players and such insulting treatment from board officials is just not on.

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I hope PCB does not ban Yousuf, otherwise say goodbye to Pakistan Cricket for next 2-4 years.

If money were to grow on trees
If money were to grow on trees
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The players are not at fault, PCB is. Those who are talking about the national pride and everything else , how have we treated our great hero's, Akram, Waqar, and recently even Inzi. PCB can't even arrange a proper farewell for players who have given all for their country. Shame on PCB. To drop Razzaq and Yousef from 20/20 was a pathetic decision.

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I doubt they just abandoned brett lee and never made contact with him again

i think razzaq said that he was left to get fit himself after his injury, and nobody from PCB made contact with him

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I hope more Pakista...errr....PCB players join the ICL so that the corrupt institution finally gets the opportunity to field a complete team of incompetent players selected due to kickbacks.

Also, I hope that ICL extends its operations in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad so that even more Pakistani players get the opportunity to make a very good living, like they deserve to, within their own country. I'm very impressed with the average salary figures and those numbers will only go up in the future.

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I hope that happens as well, so that Yousuf can CHOOSE not to play for PCB instead. That will be a slap in the face that they truly deserve.

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I agree.

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So lets look at inventory of what ICL has got so far and what is rumoured. I think ICL will also be targeting some of the old ZIMB player like Murry Goodwin, Andy Flower etc

Already Signed
Inzimam
Lara
Yousuf
Razzaq
Farhat
Nicky Boje
Klusener
Chris Harris

Rumoured
Warne (Very likely)
Fleming (Very likely)
Bond (Very likely)
Astle (Very likely)
Cairns (Very likely)
McGrath (Very likely)
Attapattu (Very likely)
Asif (Less likely)
Afridi (Less likely)
Kallis (Less likely)
Boucher (Less likely)

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I don't understand what PCBis *****in and moaning about? Drop your best batsman and you best allrounder - what are they supposed to react to?

I can't remember when Malik played well, yet he is the captain. Give it another 5 years and paks team will be doing no better then the current Zimbabwe.

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MU Haqtalks a lot of sense here

(MU Haq is a life member of PCB, former President of Karachi Cricket Association and a member of MCC)
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\23\story_23-8-2007_pg2_8](http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007\08\23\story_23-8-2007_pg2_8)
A VIEW FROM MIDWICKET: The gathering storm
The gathering storm over sub-continental cricket is not due to global warming but the launching of the Indian Cricket League (ICL) for the Essel Group, the proprietors of India’s Zee TV channel. In actual fact, the problem is basically between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Zee TV over TV coverage and the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) enthusiastic involvement is confusing.
How BCCI treats its players is none of our business, but why is PCB threatening to impose life bans on those Pakistan players who sign up with ICL? In a Packer-like situation, the BCCI and the ICL will in all probability kiss and make up sooner or later and lifting of bans on Indian players will be a part of the deal. What would be the status of Pakistan players then? In any event, (life) bans imposed by the PCB could be challenged on the premise that such a ban precludes a cricketer from ‘plying his trade to earn a livelihood. The ban on players is all the more unjustified as the ICL playing programme does not interfere with Pakistan’s domestic cricket schedule and contracted players will be released for national duty in the event of a clash in dates. So why the fuss.** If our players are allowed to play county and league cricket in the UK, why the embargo on the ICL?**
Four of our players have so far signed the ICL contracts and their loss to Pakistan can be attributed to the bunglings of two PCB officials viz: the ham-footed and dithering chief operating officer and the biased and conceited chief selector. Neither man is fit to occupy the august position he holds and if some early remedial action is not forthcoming, the two will be responsible for causing serious damage to the very fabric of Pakistan cricket. Shafqat Naghmi and cricket are strangers to each other and what makes it worse is that he appears to be a poor man-manager and administrator as is apparent from the number of times he has acted (in haste) only to rescind or alter his decisions. As for Salahuddin Ahmad alias Sallu, a complexed character with a very poor international playing record, who has shown little or no respect for our champion cricketers. Collectively, the two have not been convincing in their arguments e.g. after not selecting Mohammad Yousuf and Abdul Razzaq they declared that India too had “laid off” Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman for the Twenty20 World Cup. Absolute nonsense, since the quartet chose to stand down in view of India’s busy schedule in the coming months. In any event, why worry about what the Indians are doing. Do not be influenced by the actions of others. I came across a TV interview of Imran Farhat and he had no compunction in stating that he was harassed by the chief selector and was unhappy with the treatment meted out to him by the PCB. I dread to think how many more cricketers are disgruntled with the PCB but are too frightened to do anything about it. Perhaps it would be to advantage if Nasim Ashraf were to have a good look at some of his minions and weeded out the dead wood. In conclusion, I might add that this business of life bans is likely to have widespread repercussions.

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Miandad urges Pakistan board to recognise ICL
http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icl/content/current/story/307974.html](http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/icl/content/current/story/307974.html)
Javed Miandad wants the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to recognise the Indian Cricket League (ICL) before it escalates into the magnitude of Kerry Packer’s parallel World Series 30 years ago. “I don’t think this policy of banning players is going to work practically,” Miandad was quoted as saying by the Indian Express. "Since the ICL is not something which the governments have objected to, I think any player can go to court and challenge any ban on him to play in and for his country.
“The International Cricket Council and its member boards need to take the ICL seriously. Because it has the potential like the Kerry Packer series to snowball into something big.”
The PCB has reiterated that any contracted player joining the ICL would thereafter not be considered for selection for Pakistan. So far Inzamam-ul Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Abdul Razzaq and Imran Farhat have signed up to play in the breakaway contest in its initial season.
According to Miandad, this was due to a sense of uncertainty and lack of financial security. “Every player has to look to his future and security,” he said. “In Pakistan there is no financial security for your retirement days.”
Miandad, who played in the Packer series and appeared in 124 Tests for Pakistan, said the ICL could serve as a flashpoint between international players and the ICC and its member boards. “For sometime now the players have been complaining of excessive cricket and not enough wages. The ICL offers them an alternative.”
Meanwhile, in India, former captains, Ajit Wadekar and Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi, have criticised the Indian board for banning players participating in the ICL.
“The board has been harsh on the ICL,” Wadekar told Reuters. “The ICL’s intention seems to be to give a boost to domestic cricket and provide a platform for players who do not get a chance to play for India.” He also felt that withdrawing the pensions of former players who have aligned with the ICL was unfair as the players had earned the benefits for services they rendered earlier.
“I don’t think you can ban players as long as they fulfil their commitments to the board,” Pataudi too told Reuters. “If there is a clash of commitments, then of course it is a different matter entirely.”

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i would love to listen , Sachin, Dravid and ganguli signing ICL
why so far they havn't signed the ICL and why ICL is not contacting them

one thing more
what will happen if ICL withdraws , where will Pakistan players go then

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Re: ICL reveiled the roster: Inzi, Yousuf, Razzak confirmed

None of the current Indian players will sign since they earn far more through their sponsorships than ICL could offer.

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Mr. Maulana Yousuf can learn a thing or two about patriotism from our party animal playboy Shoaib Akhtar. Really.

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^spot on!

magic lamp...
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chalo, ab ke buree tarah haray to bahana kar saktay hayn ke hamaray TOP players chalay gaye :D

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I doubt it that Yousuf would have joined ICL had he been picked for Twenty-20.

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Well, that makes him the biggest whiner in the history of Pakistan cricket. Does he not remember the adulation he received last year after breaking several world records? He was virtually being rested for a mickey mouse tournament in order to save him for some big test matches in the upcoming season. This is a decision based purely on greed. Maulana Yousuf is apparently on "tableegh" these days; wonder if he is teaching little kids about modesty and being content with what one already has (believe me, he already has a lot to be thankful for compared to an average Pakistani citizen).