PCB circus continues...:Younis Khan ban lifted; fine on Akmal brothers reduced

[Texy]

Younis Khan ban lifted.... fine on Akmal brothers cut by half Decision awaits for YoYo and Naved "no longer bald" Hasan

[DomainK]

:yawn2:

[Gunner_Mania]

As was widely expected, the PCB has reduced or written off the punishments of four players who the board had only recently found guilty of various misdemeanours in the aftermath of an ill-fated, winless Australian tour over the turn of this year. The indefinite ban on former captain Younis Khan was lifted, the Rs 3 million fine on captain Shahid Afridi, for ball-tampering, was revoked entirely, while the fines on the Akmal brothers for acts of indiscipline were reduced. Ever since Shoaib Malik's one-year ban was removed last week, the PCB had indicated that the punishments for other players would also be lifted. At a press conference to announce Pakistan's Asia Cup squad two days ago, board chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that he had already recommended these measures to the independent arbitrator overlooking the appeals of the players. Butt staunchly defended the overturning, telling Cricinfo it wasn't a u-turn, just the following of "a constitutional process." The decisions were announced by retired judge Irfan Qadir after the latest set of hearings on Saturday morning. Afridi, he explained, had already been punished by the ICC, which had banned him for two Twenty20 internationals, so the question of a second punishment was not on. "The ICC has written a letter to the PCB indicating that the second punishment is wrong," Qadir told reporters after the hearings in Lahore. "I must appreciate that Afridi accepted his wrongdoing. He accepted that he should not have done it but since he realised it himself I thought that was good and so removed the order on him." Much the same reasoning was applied to the Akmal brothers, whose fines have been reduced to Rs1 million. The brothers accepted their mistakes. "They were candid in accepting their disciplinary issues. The PCB wanted to halve the fines [Karman was fined Rs3 million] but I felt all players should now be treated on a par and so brought it down to Rs1 million." Younis' case was expected to go on longer as his lawyer Ahmed Qayyum had insisted he would seek no compromised relief and fight to clear his name fully. Qayyum's persistence, Qadir indicated, won out. "There were many applications from the lawyer but there was no delay from my end. I asked Talib Rizvi [PCB's legal advisor] what the main allegation was against him. He said it was an open-ended ban and he should not be part of a Pakistan squad. Now that he has been considered for a squad, it means the PCB has reconsidered him so I have simply set aside the order." The orders leave undecided for now the fate of only two from the seven originally punished. Rana Naved-ul-Hasan is likely to get the same relief at his next hearing on June 19, while the door has also been left open for Mohammad Yousuf - who retired in protest at the punishment - to come back should he wish to. Butt insisted that this wasn't a u-turn, only the outcome of following the procedures laid down in the board's constitution. "We only followed the process as it exists in the PCB constitution. There is an allowance in the constitution for punished players to appeal and they did and this is the result," he told Cricinfo. However, he admitted that other factors came into play. "There were many appeals from many quarters which asked us to reconsider the punishments. For example the national assembly committee on sports met and the chairman asked me, after detailed discussions with a number of people, to review the decisions. I said there is an appeals process already in place and it is on and we are looking at it as we should and that we will review them. The independent arbitrator was appointed and he took into account many things before coming to this. A process has been followed." Butt argued that the decisions would not send the wrong kind of message to players, that acts of indiscipline will go unchecked by the board. "Not at all. A loud and clear message has been conveyed to the players. On the Asia Cup and England tours I have left the entire responsibility of discipline in the hands of the captain and manager. If there is a single act of indiscipline, they have my backing to send the player back without even consulting me or anyone in the board. Already in the West Indies [for the World T20], the players were better and performed better."

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Younus: I stand vindicated Former Pakistan captain Younis Khan said he feels vindicated after an indefinite ban on him was lifted by the PCB. More...

[rkt.india]

that was just a drama to show the world that they can take harsh decisions and now PCB chief ruling out this roll back by saying that it was a constitutional procedure...

[Guest BossBhai]

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[EnterTheVoid]

I and many others here at ICF stand vindicated too .... for completely different reasons though :D

HAHAHAH. Nice. :hysterical:

[bhanu]

I heard it was becuz of 1 poilitician son who is friend of cricaters and he help them get back in the team...

[asterix]

Whatever maybe the problems with PCB, atleast they are not messing up in their team selection..In the upcoming Asia cup, Indian Team's arses will be handed over to them by Pakistan and Srilanka..and may be even by Bangladesh too..

[Patriot_Nikhil]

Whatever maybe the problems with PCB' date=' atleast they are not messing up in their team selection..In the upcoming Asia cup, Indian Team's arses will be handed over to them by Pakistan and Srilanka..and may be even by Bangladesh too..[/quote'] Bcos our full strength team that was good enough to bcome No2 in ODIs will suddenly suck?! You sir, are a genius... :icflove:

[Pak_Forever]

Most of us on the other forum wholeheartedly believe that PCB is "mentally retarded." :)

[imran666]

PCB antics must be embaressing for some of you guys...don't worry BCCI has just had a mental attack recently and the results are showing in the tri-series :winky:

bcci are retards no dout but compaired to PCB they r angels :giggle:

[DomainK]

This is hilarious:

PCB pleads with Yousuf to return The PCB refuses to give up on Muhammad Yousuf, once again requesting the batsman to come out of retirement and file an appeal against the indefinite ban imposed on him. Well-placed sources in the PCB said Yousuf has been told to file an appeal against the ban imposed on him in March. The PCB had banned former skippers Younus Khan, Yousuf and Shoaib Malik and all-rounder Rana Naved on the basis of a probe into the team's shambolic tour to Australia earlier this year. Yousuf announced his retirement from international cricket soon after and didn't appeal. He has also steadfastly snubbed moves from current captain Shahid Afridi to make himself available once again. Sources said the PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt had made it clear that if Yousuf appealed, the ban could be lifted immediately by the appeal's commissioner Justice (retd) Irfan Qadir. Butt yesterday said that he had a lot of respect for Yousuf because of his contribution to Pakistan cricket. "He is still a world class batsman and has some years of cricket left in him. The national team requires him and he should reconsider his retirement decision," Butt told a channel here. Yousuf was the captain on the ill-fated tour to Australia and after being banned he said he was disappointed with the treatment meted out to him by the board. Qadir said in the interest of Pakistan cricket, Yousuf must reconsider his decision and come out of retirement. "When the bans and fines have been removed from other players, Yousuf's appeal can also be considered. I would even say that the board in the interest of the national team must convince Yousuf to forget the past and comeback," he said.

:hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical: Source: http://www.espnstar.com/cricket/international-cricket/news/detail/item449913/PCB-pleads-with-Yousuf-to-return/

[Karan114]

^ Friggin hell, you really couldn't make it up, what a bunch of clowns :hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical::hysterical:

[Pak_Fan_4_Eva]

PCB pleads with Yousuf to return The PCB refuses to give up on Muhammad Yousuf, once again requesting the batsman to come out of retirement and file an appeal against the indefinite ban imposed on him. Well-placed sources in the PCB said Yousuf has been told to file an appeal against the ban imposed on him in March. The PCB had banned former skippers Younus Khan, Yousuf and Shoaib Malik and all-rounder Rana Naved on the basis of a probe into the team's shambolic tour to Australia earlier this year. Yousuf announced his retirement from international cricket soon after and didn't appeal. He has also steadfastly snubbed moves from current captain Shahid Afridi to make himself available once again. Sources said the PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt had made it clear that if Yousuf appealed, the ban could be lifted immediately by the appeal's commissioner Justice (retd) Irfan Qadir. Butt yesterday said that he had a lot of respect for Yousuf because of his contribution to Pakistan cricket. "He is still a world class batsman and has some years of cricket left in him. The national team requires him and he should reconsider his retirement decision," Butt told a channel here. Yousuf was the captain on the ill-fated tour to Australia and after being banned he said he was disappointed with the treatment meted out to him by the board. Qadir said in the interest of Pakistan cricket, Yousuf must reconsider his decision and come out of retirement. "When the bans and fines have been removed from other players, Yousuf's appeal can also be considered. I would even say that the board in the interest of the national team must convince Yousuf to forget the past and comeback," he said.

:yay::yay::yay::yay::yay: I wasn`t aware of this. It`s a win win situation for us now:two_thumbs_up: Thanks for posting Domaink :)

[achilles]

Wow. How queer! Pakistan needs a major shake-up. This is stupidity. And whats worse is that they're justifying it.

[f2000560]

http://www.cricinfo.com/page2/content/story/462275.html never laughed this much in a long time. But having said that its good to see them back as they were among the better players in the paki team .

[Sachinism]

Just make the appeal, the board will take care of the rest I hope the PCB is not controlling prisons in Pakistan

[TheWall]

will miandad come out of retirement?