Rana and Shoaib Malik Banned for a year: ball tampering

[Tigers_eye]

"Everyone does it, I just smelled it" He got fined as well. Few more got fined as well.

Looks like Abdul Razzak will be leading Pakistan in the T20 WC.

[magic boy]

found some details on it....(but still no reliable source...banned or waiting for ban!?)

one-year ban on Malik and Rana, fined on Akmal brothers and Afridi

After the crushing defeat by Australia, meted out to the National cricket team, the PCB (Pakistan Cricket Board) has imposed bans, fines on various cricket players, held responsible for their poor performance.

In the light of recommendations by inquiry committee, PCB has imposed one-year ban on playing of all-rounder Shoaib Malik and Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, alongwith a fine for Rs 2 million each.

Shahid Afridi, Kamran Akmal and Omar Akmal have been issued final warnings to improve their disciplinary behavior; while both Shahid Afridi and Kamran Akmal has been fined Rs. three million and Omar Akmal has been fined Rs. two million. These three have also been placed on a six-month probational period.

Sources have also said that a 15-member National squad for the forthcoming 20/20 cricket world cup has also been finalized by the National Selection Committee.

Shoaib Malik, Rana Naveed-ul-Hasan, Younas Khan and Muhammad Yousaf have not been included in the squad, while Muhammad Hafeez, Salman Butt, Khalid Lateef, Omar Akmal, Fawad Alam, Misbah-ul-Haq, Abdul Razaq, Shahid Afridi, Yasir Arafat, Hammad Azam, Omar Gul, Muhammad Aamir, Muhammad Asif, Saeed Ajmal, and Kamran Akmal, are included.

The selection committee has also finalized the names of 5 reserved players, which include, Shahzeb, Muhammad Sami, Raza Hassan, Naveed Yasin, and Sarfaraz Ahmad.

PCB would be making the enquiry report public within the next few days.

[al Furqaan]

Ci has a report up...what a dysfunctional team!

[Dhruvo]

That really is pathetic. These guys should be banned from professional cricket for good.

[AsifTheManRahman]

LOL, jokers.

[Raynman]

We should be able to beat PAK in the T20 WC, if Afridi, Rana, Akmals and Malik is not playing....right ?

[Farhad]

I'm not sure where you learned that it was for ball tampering. Is that your own addition?

Wow, and I thought they couldnt be any more disfunctional...

[AsifTheManRahman]

Originally Posted by Farhad
I'm not sure where you learned that it was for ball tampering. Is that your own addition?

Wow, and I thought they couldnt be any more disfunctional...

Read the Cricinfo article. It's more accurate. Apparently a lot of the accusations are disciplinary.