Shoaib Akhtar Verdict Announced -13 games ban,34 lakhs PKR fine, 2 year probation

yaasir · October 11, 2007, 12:37pm

Pakistan Cricket Board

Shoaib handed fine and 13-match ban

Cricinfo staff

October 11, 2007

Shoaib Akhtar has been handed a 13-match ban and a fine of approximately US$57,000 (3.4m rupees) by the Pakistan Cricket Board for a number of breaches of discipline, including his spat with Mohammad Asif in South Africa last month.

The ban, however, includes matches played at the Twenty20 World Cup and the two Tests against South Africa. Effectively, it means he will be available for the last ODI against South Africa and more realistically, the tour to India thereafter.

Shoaib has, however, been put on a two-year probation by the PCB’s three-man disciplinary committee, who met in Lahore to discuss the case, and any further transgressions could result in a life ban. Shafqat Naghmi, the chairman of the committee, said that Shoaib had been found guilty of five breaches of the Code of Conduct.

Shoaib, 32, received a two-year ban in November 2006 after traces of the banned substance, Nandrolone, were found in his system, but that decision was subsequently overturned on appeal. Even so, he hasn’t played for Pakistan since the third Test against South Africa at Port Elizabeth in January, after being withdrawn from the World Cup squad in March due to a hamstring injury.

Shoaib’s return to the Pakistan squad was shortlived - he was sent home from the Twenty20 squad in South Africa after a row in which he struck his team-mate, Asif, on the thigh with a bat. Shoaib insisted the blow was unintentional and that he had been provoked by another team-mate, Shahid Afridi.

He also escaped punishment last month when he left a training camp in Karachi without informing the team management. A fine of US$2500 as suspended after the PCB accepted he had told his captain, Shoaib Malik, that he intended to leave.

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yaasir · October 11, 2007, 12:38pm

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All I can say is, not bad. Its a lengthy ban, but its good they counted the 20/20 matches as a part of the ban and most importantly, he will be avalible for the India tour.

ehsan · October 11, 2007, 1:00pm

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At last PCB has done the right thing and told these superstar that they are not bigger than the game.

AQ · October 11, 2007, 1:17pm

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Serves him right ...

Bholay_Bisray · October 11, 2007, 1:35pm

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Good to see that :-)
with fine, his 9.5 disp. points are also deducted, how many total points they have? may be 10 :D

fkhan2 · October 11, 2007, 2:08pm

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Fast bowler wants to play four-day game before return
Shoaib looks forward to tour of India

Shoaib Akhtar, handed a 13-match ban and a fine for various disciplinary breaches, has said he is looking forward to the series against India in November, a tour he will be available for after serving out his ban.
“I want to go to India as it will probably be my last tour,” Shoaib told a television channel in Lahore. “I’m 32 now and I don’t think I’ll have an opportunity to go back in four years’ time. I just want to repeat what I’ve achieved there, [like] getting Sachin [Tendulkar] out off the first ball. I want to recall those moments.”

Shoaib’s ban includes the seven matches of the ICC World Twenty20, the two Tests and the first four one-dayers against South Africa. Shoaib said he was not looking to play the fifth ODI against South Africa in Karachi as he wanted to get some match practice before returning to international cricket. “I’m match-fit but I don’t know about my match-bowling”, he said.

“I want to play a four-day game at least before getting back. * bowl about 30-odd overs in a four-day game. I don’t want to stretch myself to the limit before starting to bowl again.”

Shoaib was also optimistic about his career ahead. "If I play another 80-odd ODIs in the next four years I can end with 400 wickets. That’s my goal. The same with Tests - if I play another 35-40 Tests I could get 300-plus wickets.

“It would be nice to look back and say I have done something for my country and maximised my talent.”

SOURCE: http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/315021.html

Comeon Shoaib, yar yeah thori zada ho giee. Indeed Pakistan will be featuring in approximately 40 test matches towards the end of 2011, not sure how many will feature you?*

HomiD · October 11, 2007, 2:37pm