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http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451392.html
So the casualty list is:
- Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan dropped from the national team
- Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan banned for the next year
- Akmal brothers and Shahid Afridi "on probation for six months" and have been fined.
Just a normal day in Pakistani cricket really
hong_kong_bond
10 Mar 2010, 16:12
http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/451392.html
So the casualty list is:
- Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan dropped from the national team
- Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved-ul-Hasan banned for the next year
- Akmal brothers and Shahid Afridi "on probation for six months" and have been fined.
Just a normal day in Pakistani cricket really
Yousuf & Younis banned for life it seems...will be interesting to see what they have actually been charged with, particularly Younis as he wasn't on the Aussie tour. For something that serious, surely it has to be match-fixing (or Lara Bingle related...)
So who will be captain now - I'm trying to think who that leaves as a senior player.
Salman Butt maybe?
Jesus christ, what the ****? Yousuf!?
Huh. What.
Selective Retention
10 Mar 2010, 16:24
Fair enough on dot point three. You can't be dictated to the way in which the Akmal brothers tried it on and obviously not much doubt about the Afridi incident.
I'd love to know what Malik and Rana did for a year ban :eek:
And yeah Yousuf and Khan, well they were both class players but both were in terrible form in Australia. Their batting is fragile but long term maybe they are better off without them, they looked finished. Something more subtle than a life ban might have been in order given their history though.
ICC need to step in here and at least ask WTF is going on
life bans don't get dished out for a bit of an argument in the dressing room - something very very very fishy here.
swanton
10 Mar 2010, 19:52
i don't think that the life bans has anything to do with match fixing more to do with the PCB finally sick of these two [players
these two while being pak's best two batsmen, play for themselves and not for thier country
this was pretty evident with yousuf - 2 -1/2 yrs ago when he was not selected in the 20/20 world cup, he chucked a hissi and quit cricket to join the ICL
the same thing with younus he kept treating the pak team as if it was his toy. "ill take the captaincy, i wont take the captaincy" "the boys didn't play for me" blah blah blah and then quits pak cricket and goes into obscurity for the next 2 months
these two guys caused a lot of infighting which was spreadinbg into the younger players (u akmals little stunt)
same thing goes for malik a lot of infighting caused by him as well
i think it is a good move by the PCB trying to remove the cancer from the team and fill it with players who are only interested in playing for their country. in the short term it will hurt loosing those players but in the long term think it will be better for pakistan cricket
year of the roo
10 Mar 2010, 20:47
So basically Younus and Yousuf are receiving the same sort of treatment that the likes of Brad Hodge, Dean Jones and Stuart Law received from Australian selectors. Not selecting them due to their personality, rather than playing ability. It isn't a life ban.
More interested in what Rana and Shoaib did to get 1 year bans. They aren't at the end of their careers like the other 2, or in positions of power like the other 2. What on earth did they do?
Monocle
10 Mar 2010, 22:42
I have got to say that I was stunned when I read the article.... still am.:eek:
I obviously don't know all the details but I think the punishments are very severe.
WOW..... the guys must have farrked up big time.
On a lighter note :
Now wait for the urgent invitation to the Akmal brothers from England that they are welcome to become UK citizens.
Yes I know they are not South Africans but the Brits will still claim them as their own.:p;)
Gee, the Pakistani circus gets stranger.
King Elvis
11 Mar 2010, 07:46
Sounds like Yousuf and Khan couldn't stand each other?
Still pretty pissweak way to treat them considering their history - unless something else comes out.
Not surprising really though, the PCB are a shambles.
Blue Dimension
11 Mar 2010, 07:52
Everyone will bag Pakistan for this, but lets stand back and look at it.
They're trying to start fresh and clean out the culture that has hurt them for years. Some will say it's a bit late. I say better late than never.
western royboy
11 Mar 2010, 11:44
Vale International Cricket in Pakistan and Pakistan as a serious nation.
Nothing short of Imran coming back could save them now.
Very very harsh bans on two of the best current Pakistani crickets for what we can assume is some infighting and disagreements. Pakistan cricket just continues to go from one problem to another.
Jascave
11 Mar 2010, 15:16
Pakistani cricket is a complete rabble both on and off the field. Yousuf and Khan sacked from the Pakistan team and given life bans; Rana and Shoaib given 1 year bans; Akaml brothers and Shadid Afridi are on probabtion for 6 months and being fined. I have never known a cricket body to react with such venom over the performance of a touring squad as much as Pakistan.
western royboy
11 Mar 2010, 15:22
Pakistani cricket is a complete rabble both on and off the field. Yousuf and Khan sacked from the Pakistan team and given life bans; Rana and Shoaib given 1 year bans; Akaml brothers and Shadid Afridi are on probabtion for 6 months and being fined. I have never known a cricket body to react with such venom over the performance of a touring squad as much as Pakistan.
Ijaz Butt is a muppet, he reminds me of the Iraqi Information Minister under Saddam - in complete denial.
His comments about Henry when he got the sack were gob smacking, in his place they put a 70 year old Grandfather - Intikhab.
You should have seen some of their practice sessions this summer, fair dinkum the Darlington Kindergarten 2nd XI trains harder and with more purpose.
Jascave
11 Mar 2010, 16:18
Don't forget on their tour in NZ, the Pakistan team dropped 6 catches-that's right, 6-during a Test match against the Kiwis. And also their wicketkeeper dropped some simple catches against Australia during the 2nd Test, which may have opened the door to Australia winning that game.
So who's to blame-the coach who's in charge of fielding practice, or the captain?
Harsh. Way too harsh on Younis and Yousuf.
Massive pity, always loved watching Yousuf bat. You have to consider how wise this decision is, ripping the heart out of their already shaky middle order. Seems the administrators are prepared to send the Pakistan cricket team back to the dark ages for an act that hasn't been disclosed, questions have to be asked.
SammyFish25
11 Mar 2010, 20:47
I think the question is, with all those players gone, will Pakistan win a International Match in the next year?
How long till they reverse this ban, you think?
Ah well. At least Pakistani cricket will never be dulled by the monotony of order.
I think the question is, with all those players gone, will Pakistan win a International Match in the next year?
Assuming that the ban actually stands for more than two weeks, I would say something like 'against minnows only', but Pakistan are never predictable.
Jascave
12 Mar 2010, 07:58
Do you think Mohammed Yousuf was sacked from the captaincy and banned from international cricket for reasons other than cricket...ie match fixing?
Do you think Mohammed Yousuf was sacked from the captaincy and banned from international cricket for reasons other than cricket...ie match fixing?
I don't think it had anything to do with match fixing or he would have been banned from domestic cricket as well, which he isn't. It did have a lot to do with the infighting in the team for which him and Younis were deemed largely responsible.
didak04
12 Mar 2010, 18:31
Surely mediation between the players involved would be a better avenue to take than simply handing out lengthy suspensions.
Terribly handled situation here. Pakistan officials should be ashamed of themselves.
Copernicus
13 Mar 2010, 04:35
Bloody hell, what a mess.
They'll be playing their U-21 team in test matches the way they're going.
XFactor1979
14 Mar 2010, 11:16
it makes very little difference because pakistan hardly plays test matches
it might as well have happened in uzbekistan, tajikistan, uighurstan, or afghanistan for crying out loud!
life bans don't get dished out for a bit of an argument in the dressing room - something very very very fishy here.
But it is Pakistan. Nobody knows what they're going to do from one minute to the next.
It won't bother Rana and Afridi much I don't think. They'll just come back here and play domestic cricket.
http://www.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/452051.html
A "brawl" between Yousuf and coach Intikhab Alam is also documented, during the fifth and final ODI in Perth, which Yousuf eventually sat out amid much speculation at the time.
Crazy stuff.
these guys must have played a fair bit of county cricket.
Cant be far off qualifying for england for the ashes this year.