PCB allows Akhtar to play for Surrey

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Shoaib Akhtar receives a surprise international recall after being named in Pakistan's squad for next month's Champions Trophy. More...

[ucilite]

hahaha.........the saga/drama continues..............

[Laaloo]

2.4 overs of breath taking action :two_thumbs_up::two_thumbs_up::yay::yay::yay: would like to see him "throw" more balls as a certain paki ICFer aka MalikBrotha claims.

[DadaRocks]

It wud be gr8 to see Akhtar against Sehwag & Gautam and also how Akhtar bunny Hayden does against him this time....

[THX_1138]

le bon rouleau

[DomainK]

So how long will he last? 4/5 overs? 1 match? What a shame this guys is.

[veer]

huuu?? I was not following his story.. so what happened to ban on him that was imposed before IPL and lifted just for IPL? anyone knows?? in any case, what a circus they createe whenever actor or asif are involved ..

[Fontaine]

What a joke Pakistan cricket is becoming by including a bowler who really doesn't deserve any second chances. This is just my opinion but I'm sure a lot of the International cricketers who've backed away from committing to the Champions trophy in Pakistan on the official reason for security also have reservations on the continuing debacle over this guy and Asif.

[punjabi_khota]

Theek hai bhai, despo measure hai. Karne do. Nothing will make me more happy than seeing him being thrashed all over the park by our hard hitting ODI line up.

[kumble_rocks]

The question still begs , will he pay the fine of $94,910 by July 14th to be considered for selection...

[MalikBrother]

Daaamn !!! Not looking good for Pakistan image, but good hope for Pakistan cricket somehow in spite of what he brought Pakistan cricket recently to

[Dravid]

dopistan should be called jokistan now :hahaha:

[prince40]

hahahahahahahahhaahhahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahaha

[ucilite]

dopistan should be called jokistan now :hahaha:

dopistan or jokistan....you can't beat chokistan :yay::yay::yay:

[Guest BossBhai]

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[prince40]

:hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha::hahaha:

[THX_1138]

dopistan or jokistan....you can't beat chokistan :yay::yay::yay:

nope you cant... unless youre in the final. then you just need to show up, we do the rest.

[SachDan]

Yet another drama developing... http://content-gulf.cricinfo.com/iccct2008/content/current/story/365175.html

[koksmayu]

PCB tells Akhtar to pay 7 million rupee fine or forget Champions Trophy Controversial fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was today asked by Pakistan Cricket Board to pay the fine of seven million rupees imposed on him or forget playing in next month's Champions Trophy. The fast bowler was served a legal notice today by the legal counsel of the board who said the fine had to be paid as per court orders or else Akhtar would be dropped from Pakistan's squad for the mega tournament. "We have asked him to pay the fine or it would not be possible for us to retain him in Champions Trophy squad," PCB lawyer Tafazzul Rizvi said. Akhtar was picked in the 15-member Champions Trophy squad by the selectors with the board saying it had decided not to link the fine payment issue with his selection. But Rizvi said Akhtar will have to pay the fine as Lahore High Court which has suspended the 18-month ban on Akhtar had not waived fine payment nor given any stay order against it. "There is no court order saying he should not pay the fine. Even if the court upholds his petition against the ban and fine it will be refunded to him but he has to pay the fine now," Rizvi said. The fast bowler had responded to an earlier board notice that the court had not set any deadline for paying the fine and he would wait for the court decision on his petition which will be heard next month. Akhtar, who has not played for Pakistan since last December, was banned for five years by the board in March on various counts of indiscipline but an appellate tribunal in June reduced the ban to 18 months. He then filed a writ petition in Lahore High Court asking for the ban and fine to be overturned. The court suspended the ban but has not passed any order on the fine.

[Dirty_South]

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: