Tuesday, October 10, 2006

A series of unfortunate events for PCB

Thanks to the Australian umpire Darrel Hair, Pakistan cricket has been in the spotlight since August's Oval Test against England when the captain, Inzamam-ul Haq, refused to take his team back on the field after it was accused of ball-tampering.
Inzamam was acquitted of tampering but was handed a four-match ban for bringing the game into disrepute, and according to Zaheer Abbas, who was Pakistan's manager on the tour, he had "lost the confidence" of senior board officials.
Inzamam's replacement, Younis Khan, last week refused to lead the side, saying he did not want to be a "dummy" captain. The refusal prompted Khan to resign, although he was reinstated by Ashraf on Saturday, hours before the team's departure for India and the Champions Trophy.
The crisis gripping Pakistan cricket intensified on Monday with the resignation of the PCB's director of operations, Abbas Zaidi.
Zaidi's departure comes three days after the resignation of the former PCB chairman, Shaharyar Khan, and two days after Mushtaq Ahmed was sacked as assistant coach for the Champions Trophy. This is what an umpire can do.................. Not only he can turn the face of the match but he can also turn the fate of the team playing that match. Lets hope everyting turns out gooood.........and Pakistan return home with the Champions Trophy. Good luck Pakistan Cricket Team ;)

2 comments:

  1. Assalaam u Alaikum,

    And now Shoaib Akhtar and Asif sent back for positive doping test.
    http://wwwc4.cricinfo.com/iccct2006/content/current/story/263238.html

    Allah Hafiz,
    Touseef

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  2. yeah Touseef, I agreee............lagta hai Pakistan cricket team ka sadka utarna chahiye........duniya ki nazar lag gayi hai inko....

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