Pakistan Speaks

Although he is banned, but he should challenge this ban. Pakistani people are really fond of his entertainment in the pitch, they really adore his pace. He has already ruled out many great batsmen. We want more cricket entertainment from him.

A five-year ban was imposed on celebrated fast bowler Shoaib Akhter on Tuesday, allowing the maverick cricketer to play in money-minting IPL but virtually scuttling his troubled international career.

The Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board, Dr. Nasim Ashraf announced that leg-spinner Danish Kaneria, who also faced disciplinary charges as did enigmatic Shoaib, had been given a severe “written reprimand”.

“Shoaib will be banned for five years from playing any cricket in Pakistan and for Pakistan anywhere abroad”, Nasim told reporters while also listing the main reasons for the ouster of the one-time fastest bowler of the world from the international stage.

Shoaib and Kaneria faced the disciplinary wrath after speaking to or writing in the media about the affairs of cricket like placing them in B category of Central contracts.

The PCB Disciplinary Committee, headed by Lt. Gen. ® Munir Hafeez, heard Shoaib Akhter and Danish Kaneria in Rawalpindi earlier in the morning before handing out their verdict to PCB for release to the media.

Nasim said Shoaib could appeal to a PCB Committee against the ban under the laid-down criteria.

“Though we could have prevented him from playing in Indian Premier League (IPL) but we are not personal enemy of any player and do not want to spoil players’ livelihood”, he said.

“We have even allowed Pakistani players featuring in the ICL to continue playing in English county cricket”, he said.

Shoaib Akhter has already signed a multi-million Dollar contract with the cash-rich Indian Premier League being launched this month under the umbrella of Indian Cricket Board (BCCI).

Rebel Indian Cricket League (ICL) is currently in progress. Both Leagues contain Twenty20 matches.

To a question, Nasim said the PCB would also have no objection now to Shoaib Akhter realising his ambition to pursue a career in the glitzy “Bollywood” film industry.

Shoaib, he said, had been clearly told that he would remain under probation for two years after he was fined Rs. 3.4 million and banned for 13 matches after hitting fellow speedster Muhammad Asif with his bat just before the Twenty20 World Cup in South Africa last year.

He said the main reasons for ban on showing the exit to Shoaib were–1) he was involved in repeated violations of disciplines, 2) vitiating the atmosphere of the dressing room, 3) hindering the formation of Pakistan team because he was prone to injury in matches and thus making it difficult to find his replacement and 4) damaging the image of the country.

The disciplinary charges against Shoaib and Danish emanated from the two cricketers making comments against the policies of PCB for placing them in B category of Central Contracts.

Nasim said Shoaib had repeatedly got unfit during matches for Pakistan during 2005-07– a period in which he played in only 13 out of 32 Tests and in 14 out of 51 ODIs Pakistan played while the bowler indulged in 14-15 disciplinary offenses.

To a question about his own future, Nasim said the 14-member Governing Board of PCB had made him Chairman. “I will work as permitted by the PCB constitution and in accordance with orders from the higher up”.

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 Moreover a series of previous regulatory bans over the world’s fast bowler are here :

Sept 1997: Dropped from Pakistan one-day squad for a series in Toronto on the basis of tour manager’s report of an earlier visit to England by the ‘A’ team.

Dec 1999: Banned for illegal bowling action.

Feb 2000: Banned for a Test and fined Rs50,000 ($1,800) after breaching players’ code of conduct on tour of Australia.

Jan 2001: Banned for illegal bowling action for a second time.

Nov 2002: Fined 50 percent of match fee, banned for one One-day International for throwing a bottle into crowd during a Test in Zimbabwe.

Dec 2002: Suspended one-Test ban for ball tampering.

May 2003: Banned for two ODIs and fined 75 percent of match fee for ball tampering during a tri-series match in Sri Lanka.

Oct 2003: Banned for one Test and two ODIs for using obscene and offensive language towards South African Paul Adams in Lahore Test.

Dec 2004: Fined 40 percent of match fee for taunting batsman during Test in Australia.

Jan 2005: Fined 25 percent of match fee for excessive appealing in ODI in Australia.

Oct 2006: Banned for two years for testing positive for nandrolone. Ban lifted on appeal two months later.

Aug 2007: Fined $5,000 for leaving training camp without permission. Fine suspended on appeal.

Oct 2007: Banned for 13 international matches and fined Rs3.4 million ($120,300) for four breaches of discipline including striking team-mate Mohammad Asif with a bat before World Twenty20 Championship in South Africa. Also put on two-year probation.

April 2008: Banned for five years by PCB for violating code of conduct while under probation period.

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