Lahore, April 08: Former captain Shoaib Malik has sought clarification from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on the one-year ban and a penalty of Rs 2 million imposed on him.
Shoaib has sent a notice to the Board which was confirmed by a senior PCB official confirmed yesterday.
”We will respond to Shoaib Malik’s notice soon in which he has sought justification over his punishment,” said PCB media director Nadeem Sarwar. Sarwar made it clear that Shoaib, who is currently in Hyderabad for his marriage with Indian tennis star Sania Mirza, hasn’t appealed against the punishment so far. ”We are yet to receive a formal appeal from Malik. The deadline for filing the appeals is April 16,” he added.
Shoaib was among the seven leading national players who were penalised for various offences during Pakistan’s tour Down Under.
Meanwhile, Kamran and Umar Akmal have appealed against fines and probation punishments meted out by PCB yesterday.
The PCB fined Kamran three million rupees and put him on six months probation on charges of violating the conduct during the December-February tour of Australia.
His younger brother Umar was fined two million rupees on the same charges and was also put on six months probation.
”The Akmal brothers have filed appeals against the penalties in person without support of any counsel, so now an independent arbitrator will deal with the matter,” PCB legal adviser Tafazzul Rizvi was quoted as saying by The News.
The penalties were imposed after a PCB committee examined the team’s dismal performances and off-field problems in Australia where Pakistan lost all three Tests, five ODIs and a Twenty20 international.
Former captains Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf were banned indefinitely over infighting during the preceding tour of the UAE in November.
Shahid Afridi, who is set to lead Pakistan in the World Twenty20 later this month, was also fined three million rupees and was put on six-months probation for the ball-tampering incident in an ODI in Australia which ”brought the game and country into disrepute.” ”Afridi did not appeal but wrote a letter to PCB chairman Ijaz Butt to review the fine. Similarly Naved sent a legal notice to the PCB asking clarification on his punishment,” said Rizvi.
———Agencies