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Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Exclusive: Pakistan didn’t feature China, Iraq boxing events


By Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

01/04/2010

Karachi: The Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) was planed two boxing teams send to China and Iraq but Pakistan Government declined No-objection Certificate (NOC) for traveling to sensitive country Iraq and lack of Funds stop Pakistani boxing team going to China an official of Pakistan Boxing Federation Secretly told awansports.blogspot.com.

Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) face many financial crises after math Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament and Pakistan federal government and Sindh Provincial Government did not released there funds.

“Pakistan Government not allow us Iraq travel because politically situation not good there we are bound to our government decision and we are decided pulled out from first Baghdad International Youth Open Championship, to be held from April 2-11 in Baghdad.” Official told.

Mohib Bacha (light-flyweight), Qadir Khan (featherweight) and Riaz Cheena (lightweight) were representative Pakistan in the inaugural Baghdad Youth tournament.

Abdul Majeed (coach) and S. Mohammad Shareef (referee judge) were accompanying the team. Around twenty countries would contest for top honors in the said tournament.

Meanwhile Pakistan hopes also dims or dims participating in first AIBA China Open International Boxing Championship, to be held from April 3-11 in Guiyangn.

Tournament will start from 3rd April and Pakistani boxing organizers haven’t funds for China Traveling and government did not financial support to PBF on this matter, official also said

We have tray if today (1st April) we arrange required money so we will send boxers to China otherwise we want apologies to Chinese organizers.

Pakistan team was comprised on Mohammad Waseem (flyweight), Naimatullah (bantamweight), Nisar Khan (middleweight) and Mir Waiz (super heavyweight) were contesting in the China Open Championship.

Iqbal Hussain was accompanying the team as its manager while Akram Khan would be the referee judge.

Arshad Hussain was being the coach of the team during the tournament.

Pakistan Boxing Federation President Doda Khan Bhutto also have plan joining the team on April 7 and will hold a meeting with AIBA President Ching Kuo Wu.

“We want apologies to both countries Iraq and China we are strong supporter for us especially when we organize an international tournament January this year named Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament (SBBIBT 2010) at Karachi and both teams was here but we can’t do it” Official said in emotionally.

It seems that Pakistan was also failed sending team to India in last month for participating commonwealth boxing championship at New Delhi due to short of funding and preparing and Indian team was also traveled Pakistan and he contest in Shaheed Benazir Bhutto International Boxing Tournament was held earlier this year at Karachi.

Afridi ask to PCB; requests reconsideration of fine



Karachi: Shahid Afridi has written to the PCB chairman asking him to reconsider the fine imposed on him by a committee for ball-tampering during the fifth ODI against Australia in February this year. Though local reports suggested that the fine will be withdrawn, the board says it has asked Afridi to formally appeal against the charge.

Afridi was fined Rs. 3 million ($35,000) and put on probation for a six-month period after the committee, set up after a disastrous tour of Australia, found him guilty of bringing the game and country into disrepute. Afridi was caught on TV biting the ball in a bid to tamper with it. He was leading Pakistan in the match and was immediately banned for two games, by the ICC.

He was temporarily removed as Pakistan's Twenty20 captain following the incident but was announced recently by the board as the man to lead Pakistan's defense in the World Twenty20, due to begin in the Caribbean on April 30th. Afridi's personal plea to the chairman is based on the grounds that he has already been punished once for the incident, and a fine would be the second punishment for the same offence.

"Afridi has written a letter to us and we will consider it in due course," Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, told Cricinfo. "His punishment has not been withdrawn yet and all these reports are baseless."

The letter does not, however, constitute a formal appeal and Afridi is likely to be told he should follow the process set up by the board to the punished players. Seven players were punished in all by the committee with fines and bans - the Akmal brothers, Shoaib Malik, Rana Naved-ul-Hasan, Mohammad Yousuf, Younis Khan and Afridi - though the specific nature of charges was never released. The board has set up a three-member appeals panel consisting of retired judges from the Supreme and High Courts and given the players 30 days to file appeals.

As of today, no player has filed an official appeal. Afridi has sent a letter to the chairman, as has Younis Khan who has been banned indefinitely from playing from Pakistan. The board has sent Younis a reply asking him to initiate a formal appeal to the panel. Rana, banned for a year from playing for Pakistan for unspecified offences, has today also sent in a legal notice through his lawyer to the PCB in which some legal objections have been raised about his punishment, but this is not a formal appeal.

Malik, also banned for a year, said he intends to appeal but he's currently playing in a Twenty20 tournament in Sharjah - he could lodge an appeal upon his return - and is possibly distracted by the announcement of his wedding to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza.

Yousuf, meanwhile, has announced his retirement from international cricket as a result of his indefinite ban though he also said recently he might consider appealing should he be advised to do so.
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Johnson swings out New Zealand



Hamilton: Mitchell Johnson tore through New Zealand's lineup with six wickets and ten for the match to decimate New Zealand as Australia swept the two-match series with a convincing 177-run victory at Hamilton. The pacy left-armer made short work of New Zealand, who briefly rallied in an 87-run stand for the sixth wicket before the loss.

Brendan McCullum and Martin Guptill were the usual culprits in a defiant surge, with the wicketkeeper lashing three consecutive fours off Johnson, caning nine fours and a six while Guptill batted cautiously and discreetly to reach his fifty off 143 balls (six fours). Australia looked slightly ragged early on, as two of the side's more valuable performers shared a handy partnership.

But the new ball worked a treat, as McCullum (51) steered Doug Bollinger straight to gully before Ricky Ponting removed Guptill with a stinging catch off Johnson (273 for 8). The crowd were entertained with a cracking Tim Southee assault on Bollinger; he hooked the left-arm quickie for six and then bashed four consecutive fours, three of them caned down the ground, to race to 45 off 25 balls before Johnson ended the damage to complete a fine ten-wicket match haul. Along with Simon Katich's obdurate display, it helped seal a memorable victory for Australia.

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Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Pakistani boxers to feature in China, Iraq

KARACHI: A four-member boxing squad will feature in the first AIBA China Open International Boxing Championship, to be held from April 3-11 in Guiyang while another three-member squad will participate in the first Baghdad International Youth Open Championship, to be held from April 2-11 in Baghdad.

Mohammad Waseem (flyweight), Naimatullah (bantamweight), Nisar Khan (middleweight) and Mir Waiz (super heavyweight) would contest in the China Open Championship.

Iqbal Hussain will accompany the team as its manager while Akram Khan would be the referee judge.

Arshad Hussain will be the coach of the team during the tournament.

Pakistan Boxing Federation President Doda Khan Bhutto will join the team on April 7 and will hold a meeting with AIBA President Ching Kuo Wu.

Teams from more than forty countries will be seen in action during the eleven-day tournament.

Meanwhile, Mohib Bacha (light-flyweight), Qadir Khan (featherweight) and Riaz Cheema (lightweight) will represent Pakistan in the inaugural Baghdad Youth tournament.

Abdul Majeed (coach) and S. Mohammad Shareef (referee judge) would accompany the team. Around twenty countries would contest for top honours in the tournament.

Monday, March 29, 2010

Ricky Ponting is not a bad runner between the wickets, Buchanan



By BIPIN DANI

Pune, (India): Australian captain Ricky Ponting is not a bad runner, according to his former coach John Buchanan. Ponting was run out (Law 38) for a world-record 13th time during the first day of the second Test against New Zealand in Hamilton, thus surpassing the "unwanted record" of his country men-Allan Border and Mathew Hayden.

Ponting's 13th run out in 144 Tests beat the earlier record of 12, held jointly by fellow Australians Allan Border and Matthew Hayden.

"Ponting has maintained the approach throughout his long and successful career (as were the other gentlemen mentioned) – one of the basic technical reasons why Ricky Ponting will be regarded as one of the all time great batsmen", Ponting's one-time national coach John Buchanan said exclusively.

"These batsmen (Ponting, Border and Hayden) are or were were aggressive runners between wickets; ie they look at strike rotation as a very important method of –
(a)Getting their innings underway, and /. or maintaining the momentum of their innings, and
(b)Taking control of the game by not allowing a bowler, nor an opposition captain to dictate terms to them

"With such an approach, it generally requires the fielding side to be always alert, have your best fieldsmen close to the bat, and the bowler to be aware he may be required to field a ball to prevent a single or retreat to the stumps to receive a throw", Buchanan said. "In all cases the batsmen are controlling the fielding side’s thinking – that is what all very successful players no matter who they are, do".

"As a consequence, there will sometimes be an error of judgement, sometimes a special piece of fielding which will catch the batsman short", he signed off.

Danish facilitate Pakistan Disabled cricketers last win at Malaysia

By Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

Karachi: Pakistan Disabled cricket team gets last match victory against KL cc at Kuala Lumpur Malaysia, Wicket-keeper batsmen Danish Ahmed shine last victory who score unbeaten 40 runs and five dismisses behind the wicket and left arm of spinner Fayaz Ahmed gets four wicket in last match.

Pakistan Disabled Cricket team on first International tour it’s a first world wide National Cricket team he has played six matches at Malaysia and Singapore he registered three wins and same lost.

Some day ago honoree Secretary of Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) Mr. Ameer Udddin Ansari late arrive because of some documents problem and he have join team as a team manager now Pakistan Disabled Cricket team return to country on 2 April they will reached at Jinnah International Airport Karachi at 5-30pm.

Pakistan Disabled Cricket Association (PDCA) given cash award to three top performers included Danish Ahmed who scored 189 runs with tow half centuries and 8 victims behind the stumps and Major Hasnain Alam scored 218 runs included one century in six matches and left arm of-spinner Fayaz Ahmed who gets 11 wickets for 111 runs honored.

Brief Score of last match was played at KL cc ground

KL cc batting first (35 over each inning)

KL cc scored 10/102/ in 24.3 overs
Vishal 47 (6x4)

Bowling PDC

Fayaz Ahmed 4/18
Abdullah 2/10

Pakistan Disabled Cricket team 3/103 in 16 overs

Danish Ahmed 40* (6x4-1x6)
Arif Masih 38 (4x4-1x6)
Major Hasnain Alam 8

Result

Pakistan Disabled Cricket team won by 7 wickets

Sunday, March 28, 2010

Katich century has NZ struggling

Himilton: Opener Simon Katich notched his 10th test century as he and fellow 50-test veteran Michael Hussey batted Australia into a strong position on day three of the second cricket test against New Zealand in Hamilton today.

Katich reached his century just before tea with a cover driven four off Chris Martin as Australia moved to 242 for two in their second innings at the break, an overall lead of 209.

Katich, 103 not out, and Hussey, 66 not out, added an unbroken 151 for the third wicket as New Zealand toiled without success in the middle session, their chances of a first test victory over Australia since 1993 gradually slipping away.

The second new ball couldn't budge the Australian pair before the break, via eight overs from Martin and Brent Arnel.

After five scores of between 80 and 99 in his past 12 test innings, Katich's century came up in 323 minutes off 262 balls, including 12 fours.

Hussey had batted 202 minutes and faced 105 balls at tea.

Captain Daniel Vettori used six bowlers in the session, with Mathew Sinclair given his first bowl in a test for nine years, but there were few anxious moments for the batsmen on a slow pitch offering few terrors.

Tim Southee, who removed Shane Watson and Ricky Ponting earlier in the day, was only used sparingly and had figures of two for 57 off 14 overs.

Vettori bowled 24 wicketless overs for 57 and left the field for 25 minutes before tea, while fellow spinner Jeetan Patel was a generally accurate foil, conceding 54 off 23.

Thailand's Pongsaklek regains WBC flyweight title


TOKYO (AFP) – Former Thai champion Pongsaklek Wonjongkam successfully regained the World Boxing Council flyweight title when he outpointed holder Koki Kameda of Japan on Saturday.

Two judges counted it 116-112 and 115-112, while the other judge had it 114-114.

Pongsaklek became the champion in March 2001 and defended the title 17 straight times, a record in the WBC flyweight class, stretching his winning streak to 56.

But he lost to Japan's Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in July 2007 before becoming the interim champion in April last year.

Pongsaklek bettered his record to 75 wins, including 39 KOs, against three defeats and a draw.

Pongsaklek overcame Kameda with a superior technique and calm fighting, connecting a right hook in the second round to lead 39-37, 40-36, 38-38 after the fourth round.

Although Pongsaklek lost a penalty point with an accidental batting in the fifth round, which cut Kameda's right eyelid, the Thai boxer unleashed a right hook and straight right to lead 77-75, 77-74 and 75-76 after eight rounds.

Pongsaklek hit a couple of lightning right upper cuts in the 11th round, which drew blood from Kameda's nose, forcing the Japanese to fight desperately in the final round.

For notorious "bad boy" Kameda, it was his first defence of the title he took from Naito in November last year, and it was his first tast of severe defeat after winning 22 straight bouts, including 14 KOs.

In October 2007, Kameda's younger brother Daiki challenged Naito with dirty tactics, wrestling the champion to the canvas in his failed title bid.

Daiki was suspended for a year and Koki was reprimanded by the Japan Boxing Commission for urging his brother to fight dirty. His father Shiro Kameda, then trainer, was also banned from being a cornerman.

Nadal nails down fourth-round berth




MIAMI, Florida: Rafael Nadal joined Roger Federer as a seeded survivor at the upset-plagued Miami Masters as the Spaniard defeated David Nalbandian 6-7 (8/10), 6-2, 6-2 Sunday for a fourth-round berth.

Top seed Federer and number four Nadal are all that are left of the top four seeds after exits by number two Novak Djokovic and number three Andy Murray in the second round.

American sixth seed Andy Roddick kept the home crowd happy with his 6-2, 6-1 defeat of Sergiy Stakhovsky of the Ukraine, while resurgent Spanish veteran Juan Carlos Ferrero eliminated John Isner of the United States 6-2, 3-6, 6-3.

Nadal's next opponent will be 15th seeded compatriot David Ferrer, who tamed the huge serve of Ivo Karlovic - only ten aces for the Croatian - 7-6 (7/5), 6-3.

Fellow Spaniard Nicolas Almagro beat Frenchman Jeremy Chardy 6-2, 6-7 (9/11), 6-3 to set up a match with Brazil's Tomaz Bellicci, who ended the run of Djokivic's conqueror Olivier Rochus of Belgium 6-3, 6-4.

Nadal, who won his last title last May in Rome, is not fussed about his lack of recent trophy success. Instead, he's looking for small improvements as he gets back in the groove in the wake of the knee injury suffered at the Australian Open.

"I'm in the fourth round for me," he said, refusing to consider the potential organiser's dream Federer-Nadal title match. "It's far away from that moment.

"It's an important win for me today and I'm very happy for that. I'm pleased with how I'm doing in this American hardcourt season. Every match right is really important for me, and every victory gives me confidence."

Argentina's Nalbandian is finding his way again after last year's hip operation and a recovery setback in the form of an abdominal strain in January.

He had won two of the pair's three previous matches, but Nadal prevailed in their last encounter in the fourth round of Indian Wells in 2009 - saving five match points along the way.

"I'm very happy to see him back after an important surgery," said Nadal. "He's a close friend of mine and he's a talent.

"He can make very difficult things very easy. When he's playing at his best level he makes you feel like you are nothing in the middle of the court."

In women's WTA play, second seeded US Open finalist Caroline Wozniacki battled through illness to defeat Maria Kirilenko 1-6, 6-1, 6-4.

"I felt dizzy from the middle of the first set already," said the Dane. "Even though I didn't feel 100 percent, I still went out there and fought. The third set I started to feel better. I think everything started to get to normal almost, and I felt much better.

Victoria Azarenka, the defending champion, continued her quest for a second title with a 6-4, 6-2 defeat of Lucie Safarova.

Indian Wells winner Jelena Jankovic, seeded seventh, moved past Russian Elena Vesnina 7-6 (7/3), 6-3.

Ninth-seeded French Open semi-finalist Samantha Stosur of Australia produced a second consecutive comeback from a set down as she defeated Virginie Razzanoof France 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Russian 11th seed Vera Zvonareva eliminated Sara Errani 6-2, 6-3 and another Russian, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, beat Errani's Italian compatriot Francesca Schiavone 7-5, 6-3.

US Open winner Kim Clijsters, seeded 14th, re-established normal service in a hammering of Israeli Shahar Peer 6-0, 6-1. The Belgian won nine games in a row and needed just 50 minutes.

Clijsters was upset in the third round of Indian Wells but said she's back on her game after two wins this week in Florida.

"It's nice to have a feeling where your brain and your arm is kind of connecting," joked the mother of one. "In Indian Wells it was a completely different story."

Milan miss chance to close gap, Juve attacked by fans




ROME: AC Milan missed out on the chance to close the gap on leaders Inter Milan to a single point when they were held to a 1-1 home draw by Lazio at the San Siro on Sunday.

Earlier in the day Juventus brushed off an attack on their team bus by their own fans to beat Atalanta 2-1 at Turin's Stadio Olimpico and keep alive their hopes of a top-four finish.

Following AS Roma's 2-1 win over Inter on Saturday, Milan knew they could join the capital based team a point behind their city rivals if they won but the draw leaves them third and three points off top.

It was also their third straight league game without a win and was met with boos at the final whistle while, for Lazio, the point was a great boost in their fight against relegation.

Milan coach Leonardo insisted, though, that the title race is still wide open.

"It's a strange championship with many surprises in terms of form and results and it's very difficult to predict results," he said.

"In the seven matches remaining incredible things could still happen."

Despite missing the likes of Ronaldinho, Pato, David Beckham, Andrea Pirlo and Alessandro Nesta, Milan took the lead on 18 minutes.

French midfielder Mathieu Flamini broke into the Lazio area and collided with Aleksandar Kolarov.

The referee pointed to the spot with Marco Borriello converting high to Fernando Muslera's left.

Until that point Milan had been the better side with veteran Dutch midfielder Clarence Seedorf stinging Muslera's hands with a piledriver.

But thereafter it was the visitors who took charge and threatened the most.

They were deservedly level on 32 minutes when Luca Antonini failed to deal with Cristian Ledesma's chip into the box, prodding his weak clearance against Stefano Mauri with the ball falling invitingly to Stephan Lichtsteiner to shoot home.

Antonini almost made amends in the second half but his rasping shot came crashing back off the bar.

Borriello then missed a great chance to hand Milan the lead again halfway through the second period as he volleyed Filippo Inzaghi's cross over.

But Andre Dias missed an even better chance for Lazio, volleying over from inside the six yard box.

Ignazio Abate had a great chance for the hosts eight minutes from time when Kolarov's back header fell short of Muslera but having toe-poked the ball off the goalkeeper's fingertips, Abate fired over as he fell backwards.

Juve's win was a rare bright moment for the players in a trying season and on a troubling day that began with them coming under attack from their own frustrated fans.

The team were boarding the bus at their hotel when they were attacked with bottles and eggs.

Fans, disgruntled at the team's dire form this season, also tried to prevent the bus from leaving and the police had to intervene.

Supporters also hurled abuse at the team, singling out in particular three players: Italy captain Fabio Cannavaro, French full-back Jonathan Zebina and Melo.

Sky TV images showed Zebina was slapped on the neck by a man as he went to board the bus.

But the day ended well as Juve closed to within three points of fourth-placed Palermo with a crucial victory, a fact not lost on coach Alberto Zaccheroni, particularly after two defeats in a row.

"I expected a reaction and I got one. We really wanted this win and now we have a week off to recharge our batteries ahead of our game against Udinese," he said.

"We gave everything we had, maybe even more, and we've earned three vital points."

Evergreen forward Alessandro Del Piero opened the scoring on the half hour with a brilliant trademark 25-yard free-kick into the top corner but former Juve forward Nicola Amoruso equalised on the stroke of half-time when the hosts were caught napping at the back by a ball over the top.

Felipe Melo scored the winner eight minutes from time with a looping back post header.

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Doda eyes international training for boxers



By Alam Zeb Safi

Karachi: In a bid to prepare a fighting lot for the forthcoming Commonwealth Games and Asian Games, Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) is seriously thinking about sending its top boxers abroad for training and competitions.

Following an invitation from Cuba, we plan to send our top eight boxers to feature in the Cuban Olympic Games which will be held there from May 23 to June 1. We will send a request to the Pakistan Sports Board (PSB) within a few days and if we are assured of a support then we will send the boxers there on May 20 who will not only feature in the tournament but will also stay there for a training period of around 45 days, the secretary of the PBF Muhammad Akram Khan told The News in an interview on Thursday.

Akram said that top eight boxers for the said trip would be picked after the National Ranking Boxing tournament which will be held here in the last week of April.

He added that Pakistan would field boxers in 49kg, 52kg, 56kg, 60kg, 75kg and 91kg plus in the Commonwealth Games while in the Asian Games a full-fledged team of 11 boxers would be fielded.

Commonwealth Games would be conducted in New Delhi from October 3-14 while the Asian Games are slated to be organised by China in Guangzhou from November 12-27.

Akram also reiterated his commitment that in July the PBF is going to hold an international tournament, saying, after the tournament a month-long joint training camp will be held which will also benefit the Pakistani pugilists ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

Kenya, Central Africa and Cameroon etc have shown their willingness to have a joint training session in Pakistan and we will offer free boarding and lodging facilities to the foreign boxers who will stay here after the tournament, the PBF official said.

Kazakhstan has also extended us an offer, we could send our boxers for a month-long training in September and we plan to avail this offer, Akram said.

However, he said if Pakistan could not send their boxers to Kazakhstan due to certain reasons then the offer of the light welterweight world champion Aamir Khan would be availed and the team would be sent to England for one month training ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

To a query, he said that after the Commonwealth Games, Pakistan would have almost a month time at their disposal ahead of the Asian Games and all efforts would be made to send the top boxers either to Thailand or Kazakhstan for training.

We have Thailand and Kazakhstan on our radar but Thailand would be an easy and economical option for us, the official said.

He said that the England-based Haroon Khan, the brother of world champion Aamir Khan, will represent Pakistan in both the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games.

Haroon is currently receiving training in America and if we are able to hold international an event in July then he would also make a debut from Pakistan in that tournament, he said.

Afridi wants Sami, Shahzaib in T20 squad



Ubaid-ur-Rehman Awan

KARACHI: Pakistan’s Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi said Thursday that if he was asked for the team selection, he would have suggested fast bowler Mohammad Sami and opening batsman Shahzaib Hasan

While talking exclusively to The Sports Encounter correspondent here, Shahid Khan Afridi claimed that he has strong enough team to defend the ICC World T20 title and said that he has four to five match winners who can change the course of the game single-handedly.

When asked about potential dangerous teams in the World Cup, Afridi said, “I can’t cite any particular team as good and dangerous side because all participating teams are good sides but when you ask about my team, I think a heavy responsibility mounts over the senior players including me, Misbah ul Haq, Abdul Razzaq and Mohammad Asif and we are the main players, who should play critical role because our most players are new and are playing their first World Cup”.

Afridi played down Imran Nazir’s inclusion in the squad and said he failed to impress during the domestic Twenty20 Cup in Karachi. “I had closely observed his performance even till the last match of the domestic T20 tournament against Faisalabad Wolves but he again failed to find form and runs,” Afridi said.

It is important to mention here that Imran Nazir could only manage 54 runs in the recently concluded domestic T20 tournament with an average of 13.50 runs per innings.

“I wished Mohammad Sami and Shahzaib Hasan, who performed outstandingly in the RBS T20 should have been included in the squad however the selectors automatically picked up my third likely player (Mohammad) Hafeez,” Afridi added.

Earlier, Shahid Khan Afridi has lodged an appeal against the heavy fine imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for the ball-tampering charge.

He had handed the letter to the Chief Operating Officer (COO) Wasim Bari on the eve of the Pakistan Day T20 Cup in Lahore.

“I have already handed the letter to the Wasim Bari (PCB COO), in which I have written that why I was penalised twice in one charge and appealed to waive my fine,” Afridi told.

The PCB had implemented the recommendations of an inquiry committee formed to evaluate Pakistan’s dismal performance against Australia in December and January. And for the shocking act (ball-tampering), which had brought the game and country into disrepute, Afridi was fined Rs3 million along with a warning issued by the Chairman PCB Ejaz Butt.

He is also on a six-month probation, during which his conduct will be strictly monitored. But after the detailed discussion with the concern, the PCB appointed Afridi as captain for the ICC World Twenty20, scheduled to take place in the West Indies next month.