Sick Shoaib swaps Pakistan for village cricket

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Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar’s England tour ended in disappointment on Tuesday after he was ruled out of the rest of a triangular one-day international series.

Assistant team manager Mohammad Ahmed said: ``He’s not feeling well and is unfit for international cricket.‘’

**The 25-year-old bowler, who is now set to play for an English village team, fell ill with a mystery stomach problem at the start of the month after playing in the first of two tests against England.

He spent a night in hospital but blood tests and a stomach scan proved negative.

He returned for the one-day defeat against Australia at Cardiff on Saturday but left the field halfway through his spell, clutching his stomach. He later reportedly vomited and coughed up blood.**

Shoaib is now expected to play for an English village team in Kent, Lashings, which has recruited a series of West Indian internationals this season including Brian Lara.

``Yes, I think that is correct, he’s due to play for Lashings on Friday but he is not fit for international level,‘’ Ahmed said.

David Folb, the millionaire chairman of Lashings, later told Sky television that he expected Shoaib to join the club later this week.

``He told me he wanted to keep fit. He wanted to be with like-minded people,‘’ he said.

Shoaib, regarded as the only rival to Australian Brett Lee for the title of the world’s fastest bowler, had hoped to rehabilitate his stop-start career in England after being injured in New Zealand and being reported for a suspect action earlier this year.

But his tour to England began badly when he failed a medical and was kept in Pakistan for further tests before being allowed to join the squad.

Armed with a new action, he played in the first of the two-test series against England, his most significant contribution the breaking of England captain Nasser Hussain’s thumb, before being dropped for the second.

He played in just the single one-dayer, taking one for 41 off five high-speed overs. One delivery was timed at 97.7 miles per hour, the second fastest ball ever recorded, but doubts were cast over the timing equipment.

[This message has been edited by ehsan (edited June 12, 2001).]

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Can’t the cricket board just give up on him?

Lets announce him retired from international cricket. Negotiate with this British millionaire so that Shoaib plays for the village and 80% of his salary is paid to PCB for recovery of his medical expenses.

Good riddance!

Shoaid will be happy living amongst english gals, doing whatever sick fantasies he has. Pakistan will be rid of a constant liability. And cricket board may recover a tiny itsy bitsy part of its sunk investment on this piece of junk.

The only losers will be the villagers in Lashing to have such an ego-centric, sex-maniac living amongst them, but atleast they will have the pleasure and honor of seeing the first 100mph ball, whenever it is delivered.

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ps. Part of the above post is based on gossip. He’s a public figure so don’t jump on my case. Relax!

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[This message has been edited by Peacemaker (edited June 12, 2001).]

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The only losers will be the villagers in Lashing to have such an ego-centric, sex-maniac living amongst them, but atleast they will have the pleasure and honor of seeing the first 100mph ball, whenever it is delivered.

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hmmm... interesting !!

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I think the PRE-DELIVERY time has really got lengthened n taking huge TOLL of this guy.

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If u see the moon
U will see a star near it

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Interestingly, Shoaib’s new employer wants to promote online betting in the Asian markets … as if we need more of them… :slight_smile:

David Folb, the chairman of Lashings CC, expressed his delight at Akhtar’s availability for Friday’s match. “Shoaib has told me that he’s not completely well but that he’s keen to play,” Folb said. “If he’s unwell then he’ll coach the kids. We’re not paying him a penny, although we are fixing up his accommodation in Maidstone. What he’s getting is a bat contract from Intertops’ bat company. Part of that is promoting it as we want to take it to the Asian market, which could be huge for us.” Folb is managing director of Intertops, which is an Antigua-registered online betting company.

Source: Dawn newspaper

[This message has been edited by Peacemaker (edited June 15, 2001).]

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What rude remarks! How can you base your argument on gossip! I still have hope for Shoaib Akhtar and I don’t think it’s fair to rule him out.

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I can base my arguments on anything. :-P

You can wait for Shoaib to perform till eternity.... another :-P

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Shoaib is an idiot who is in danger of throwing away a promising career because of his lack of ability to focus on primary objectives which should be

a) Bowl intelligently not necessarily as fast as he can.

b) Do not jeapordise your international career i n order to play for circus teams.

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Simply put . Shoaib = CRAP! … he is now vomiting blood .. that is a tell tell sign of rotten liver due to drinking … during the past few months he got arrested several times for disorderly behavior while drunk in Islamabad .. go figure! … he was breathing like a dog after bowling two overs what is our PCB’s Genral’s sahib is feeding him?? … he needs medical attention some serious rehab and good bye (in this case bad bye) from cricket.. time for General sahib to end his love affair with the Pindi Express .. which ironically never makes it on time, unreliable and is anything but Express…
If any one who is interested in some serious bowling .. go watch McGrath .. an ordinary bowler at the beginning of his career now bowls with unplayable line and length .. which he did not achieve under the patronage of some Kangaroo General or his ‘natural god talent’ . he did it through hard work and discipline .. some example to look at … Pity the man known as Shoaib Akhtar he needs help …

Hey one more thing
These things are hard to explain
For some it seems strange... to swallow
The frontier of our minds
Is the last place we find
But maybe the first place we should go

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hmmmmmm RB u havent had the problem ur self have u?

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u naughty boy

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