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Akhtar banned for five years
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Xuhaib
International Coach
Arafat is ok but I don't think a 5 foot 8 inch bowler who bowls at 80-85 Mph can do anything special at test level on a consistent basisOdd theory that...when he's played all of one test and taken 7 wickets.
What's the thinking behind that?
Xuhaib
International Coach
Riaz is tall left arm seamer capable of hitting 90 mph . Last time I saw him he was nipping it back in to the right handers at good speeds.
Wrong !
Absolutely wrong . He can't bowl at that pace and never have and will never ....
Dark day of the history of Pakistan cricket . It's extremely ugly !!!
shortpitched713
International Captain
Arafat's a gun mate. And he showed what he can do on what was really a non-receptive pitch against a quality batting lineup. A pretty gun performance for a debutante, and he should be given a run for mine.
shortpitched713
International Captain
On the contrary, I think his style makes him the perfect partner to Mohammad Asif with the new ball, considering that Gul doesn't do anything particularly special with it. Plus he can get the ball up to a pretty good pace, I've heard up to 150, and that combined with his different trajectory could make him quite a handful.
shortpitched713
International Captain
Look FRAZ, why don't you give these new blokes a chance.
After all Shoaib's is a long gone stories.
Arjun
Cricketer Of The Year
I was watching this programme on NEO Sports where they were discussing this shocker. The programme was anchored by Manish Valecha, and experts were Kris Srikkanth and Aamir Sohail. For some time, they even had Ehsan Mani as a guest by phone.
Kris sure ruins a good analysis by going overboard all the time, and making gargantuan paragraphs out of one-liners. Through that mess, I discovered that he justified the ban, saying that he shouldn't keep talking rubbish about the board, and he was criticising for criticism's sake.
Aamir was heavily critical of the PCB, who were clearly shown as a weak, inept and incapable management entity. They took the easy way out when he said something about the contract system when not even bonded by it. They didn't suspend him when he hit Asif, clearly because they needed him in India. That the PCB let leak this information (and the Asif incident) to the media is a failure as well. He said that the PCB has been a major failure in dealing with one superstar. Kris tried to shoot down all of these with his paragraphs ('Shoaib is no superstar, he's nothing great) and that annoyed my folks a lot.
One caller said that ever since Dr. Ashraf became chairperson of the PCB, there's always been an issue with Akhtar. Not surprising, when former chief Zia was approached, he said that Akhtar is one of the team's best players and he's had no problem at all. Krish shot that down as well, with his 'no excuse for indiscipline' act. Aamir was hyper-critical of media-management by the PCB saying that such matters are confidential and shouldn't be leaked out, and the media should confirm with all sources and ends on each story. Krish tried to shoot that down too, saying "If you hit your teammate, would you tell him not to tell anyone?". That was an absolutely dumb comment.
The caller of the day won a tiny bat autographed by both experts. Manish pleaded that they don't bash each other with it (it was tiny, anyway), but honestly, if any of us would get that bat, we'd erase or sticker-on Krish's autograph, for sitting through this.
Kris sure ruins a good analysis by going overboard all the time, and making gargantuan paragraphs out of one-liners. Through that mess, I discovered that he justified the ban, saying that he shouldn't keep talking rubbish about the board, and he was criticising for criticism's sake.
Aamir was heavily critical of the PCB, who were clearly shown as a weak, inept and incapable management entity. They took the easy way out when he said something about the contract system when not even bonded by it. They didn't suspend him when he hit Asif, clearly because they needed him in India. That the PCB let leak this information (and the Asif incident) to the media is a failure as well. He said that the PCB has been a major failure in dealing with one superstar. Kris tried to shoot down all of these with his paragraphs ('Shoaib is no superstar, he's nothing great) and that annoyed my folks a lot.
One caller said that ever since Dr. Ashraf became chairperson of the PCB, there's always been an issue with Akhtar. Not surprising, when former chief Zia was approached, he said that Akhtar is one of the team's best players and he's had no problem at all. Krish shot that down as well, with his 'no excuse for indiscipline' act. Aamir was hyper-critical of media-management by the PCB saying that such matters are confidential and shouldn't be leaked out, and the media should confirm with all sources and ends on each story. Krish tried to shoot that down too, saying "If you hit your teammate, would you tell him not to tell anyone?". That was an absolutely dumb comment.
The caller of the day won a tiny bat autographed by both experts. Manish pleaded that they don't bash each other with it (it was tiny, anyway), but honestly, if any of us would get that bat, we'd erase or sticker-on Krish's autograph, for sitting through this.
sirdj
State Vice-Captain
Nope he looks like he is going to try his hand in Bollywood.
Richard
Cricket Web Staff Member
Shoaib's are a long gone stories.After all Shoaib's is a long gone stories.
Well, I hope so anyway.
viktor
State Vice-Captain
crap. he will come to Bollywood now.BBC source
Fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar has been banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board following a disciplinary hearing in Rawalpindi.
More to follow
The Masterplan
U19 Debutant
Aslong as he stays out of cricket.. chucking cheat...
Xuhaib
International Coach
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Thinking of attending this just for the kicks.
THE BRITISH PAKISTANI COMMUNITY WILL BE GATHERING FOR A PROTEST MEETING AGAINST THE 5 YEAR BAN ON SHOAIB AKHTAR (PAKISTAN'S PREMIER BOWLER).
THE PENALTY IMPOSED IS UNSUBSTANTIATED & DEPLORABLE BASED ENTIRELY ON PERSONALITY CLASHES.
HAVING BEEN AFFILLIATED WITH THE PAKISTAN CRICKET TEAM PAST & PRESENT THE MANNER IN WHICH SHOAIB HAS BEEN TARGETTED IS DEPLORABLE TO SAY THE LEAST.
YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND THIS MEETING & UNITE WITH THE BRITISH PAKISTAN'S FROM THE CRICKET FRATERNITY TO VOICE YOUR SUPPORT AGAINST THIS BAN.
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Thinking of attending this just for the kicks.
BhupinderSingh
Banned
IMO,its a very good decision which should have been taken 3 years ago.And its really shameful that Imran Khan has called this ban "Naseem Ashraf's revenge of person clash with Shoaib Akhtar".Why he keeps supporting crap like Muhammad Sami and idiots like Akhtar is beyond my understanding.
BhupinderSingh
Banned
Don't accuse anyone of being chucker unless you have the proof.It has been proved for more than 5 times I think that Shoaib Akhtar has a legal action.