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Inzamam banned for one Test
Cricinfo staff
March 28, 2005

Inzamam-ul-Haq has received a one-Test ban for showing dissent against umpiring decisions on the last day of the Bangalore Test.

Saleem Altaf, the Pakistan team manager, clarified that Inzamam had been pulled up for two instances of misconduct. "We had a hearing with the match referee, Chris Broad, for two counts of excessive appealing and dissent. On the first count, he has been fined 30% of his match fees and on the second, a level two offence, he has been given a one-Test ban."

Pakistan ended up winning the match by 168 runs, but Inzamam was visibly miffed when a couple of caught-behind appeals against the Indian openers were denied on the first session. Gautam Gambhir was lucky to survive – the snickometer clearly showed contact between bat and ball – but the decision in favour of Virender Sehwag seemed a good one. Inzamam was especially upset after Sehwag was ruled not out, charging past the batsman and shaking his hands in anger.

Altaf indicated that the Pakistan board would take a decision on whether or not to appeal against the verdict. If the decision stays, then Inzamam will have to sit out of Pakistan's first Test on their tour of the West Indies.

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Inzamam banned for one Test
Inzamam-ul-Haq has received a one-Test ban for showing dissent against umpiring decisions on the last day of the Bangalore Test.

and eating all the pies :)

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Serves him right.

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No surprise but...

Inzamam appeals more in hope than expectation
Cricinfo staff
March 30, 2005


Pakistan will appeal against the one-match ban slapped on Inzamam-ul-Haq by Chris Broad, the ICC's match referee, following incidents on the final day of the Bangalore Test.

Broad reported Inzamam for two instances of misconduct relating to excessive appealing and dissent. On the first count, he was been fined 30% of his match fees and on the second, a level two offence, he was been given a one-Test ban.

Although the Pakistan Cricket Board is waiting for the official notification from the ICC, Saleem Altaf, the team's manager, made it clear that there would be an appeal.

"As soon as we get it, we are going to appeal against the ban and will ask the ICC to review the one-match ban and convert it into a fine," he said. "Broad has taken his decision based on incidents that took place in the ninth over of the Indian innings and just before the last wicket fell. I have discussed the issue in detail with Shaharyar Khan [the PCB chairman] and we feel we have a good chance of a successful appeal against the ban."

The Pakistan Times quoted unnamed sources close to the team as admitting that Inzamam clashed with both umpires during the last day. "Inzamam was so upset that even when [Billy] Bowden started a friendly conversation with Younis Khan he shouted to him in Urdu to shun the umpire," the source said.

Inzamam's actions came at an especially tense time in the match, but that is unlikely to hold much sway as reports suggest that the umpires had already warned the Pakistan players earlier in the day that they needed to moderate some aspects of their behaviour.


Broad told reporters that the Pakistan side had been warned earlier in the day about their conduct. "As captain he has to set an example for others to follow," he said to The Guardian. "Following the incident that happened in the ninth over of the innings, Inzamam was warned about appealing by the on-field umpires. In addition, I went to the Pakistan dressing room at lunch and requested the Pakistan coach to pass a message on to his team about the manner of their appealing. This means that, when this second incident happened, he knew he should not have reacted as he did."


Broad's comments would appear to seriously undermine the chances of Pakistan mounting a successful appeal.

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