Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal have until December 30 to provide the PCB with the necessary documents to clear their names for World Cup selection.
“The PCB has asked them to submit the documents about their assets and bank accounts by December 30 to be considered in the list of probables for the World Cup,” Subhan Ahmad, the board’s COO, told APP.
The ICC had extended Pakistan’s deadline for the submission of its preliminary 30-member squad for the tournament to January 5, after receiving a request from the board. Kamran and Malik have not played for Pakistan since their controversial tour of England in August and were left out of the tour to the United Arab Emirates. They have also been denied permission to play league cricket in Bangladesh. The PCB has remained fairly tight-lipped about the reasons for their exclusion.
Kamran and Malik had both questioned the board’s decision to not clear them for the New Zealand tour. Kamran had written to the ICC asking if he was under investigation and got a clean chit from them. The ICC had sent him and Salman Butt notices during Pakistan’s tour of England in August, seeking information about events related to the 2010 World Twenty20 held in May.
Legspinner Danish Kaneria, who has not figured in Pakistan’s one-day plans in recent times, was also earlier given until the end of the year to submit his replies to the board’s integrity committee’s queries, in order to gain clearance to play for the country.
Re: Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal given World Cup deadline
I am going to be blunt here. I do not ever want to see Shoaib Malik playing for Pakistan again. He is a seasoned trouble maker and 'politician' who can easily disrupt team cohesion and unity and be a negative influence on the young impressionable members of the team. Whatsmore there is even some evidence that he can deliberately underperform to undermine his captain, a very serious matter, enough to ban him for life
Besides Malik is not indispensable by any means. He is a mediocre cricketer at best who can never be a consistent performer in any format. The country and the team are larger than this selfish and dishonest individual
Kamran Akmal is another 'meesna' but I will probably give him one last chance to redeem himself. If he is again caught creating mischief or disrupting team harmony, then he should be banned for life as well
Re: Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal given World Cup deadline
I am going to be blunt here. I do not ever want to see Shoaib Malik playing for Pakistan again. He is a seasoned trouble maker and 'politician' who can easily disrupt team cohesion and unity and be a negative influence on the young impressionable members of the team. Whatsmore there is even some evidence that he can deliberately underperform to undermine his captain, a very serious matter, enough to ban him for life
Besides Malik is not indispensable by any means. He is a mediocre cricketer at best who can never be a consistent performer in any format. The country and the team are larger than this selfish and dishonest individual
Kamran Akmal is another 'meesna' but I will probably give him one last chance to redeem himself. If he is again caught creating mischief or disrupting team harmony, then he should be banned for life as well
true that....
look at how we won the 2009 T20 WC and right after that their was a team upheaval against the captain who being the hot head he was, quit instead of taking the traiters to cleaners...
So Mr. siyasatdan needs to get a ticket from a Political party and run for office, forget cricket...
Re: Shoaib Malik, Kamran Akmal given World Cup deadline
Kamran Akmal is another 'meesna' but I will probably give him one last chance to redeem himself. If he is again caught creating mischief or disrupting team harmony, then he should be banned for life as well
Why give him a chance? If we want to clean the house then all trash must be dumped, I would like to throw Umar Akmal as well for his 'back pain' when captain announced that Kamran may be rested. Umar Akmal is also only talent, no delivery player.
