Pakistan Cricket Board on Thursday decided to investigate the banned bowler's conduct during the Champions Trophy in India.
KARACHI: There is more trouble in store for the beleagured Shoaib Akhtar with the Pakistan Cricket Board saying it would seriously investigate his disciplinary shortcomings during the Champions Trophy in India. The PCB, while denying allegations that Akhtar had slapped coach Bob Woolmer in a team bus, admitted there were a few disciplinary incidents involving the fast bowler.
“He (Akhtar) has been involved in some disciplinary issues. He has had late nights out and brought unauthorised guests to his room,” a PCB official said. “We have also got reports he used strong words with Woolmer once but certainly the episode about him slapping the coach is not true.”
Anil Kaul, a retired Indian Army colonel who was the Pakistan team’s security officer in the tournament in India, claimed on Wednesday that Akhtar slapped Woolmer, misbehaved with a girl at a discotheque and banged on Indian coach Greg Chappell’s hotel door. Officially, however, the PCB maintained an angry denial mode on Kaul’s allegations.
“Kaul has broken all norms of decency with his frivolous allegations. He is obviously seeking cheap publicity because we have confirmed from our manager and coach that no such incident took place,” PCB Director of Cricket Operations Saleem Altaf said. “The allegations are preposterous and rubbish. We are going to ask the ICC to bar this man from ever holding any position in cricket ever again. He has violated the code of conduct for officials attached with teams in series and tournaments.”
He said the protest letter would be sent to the ICC on Friday as it was a public holiday in Pakistan on Thursday. “We will also submit a copy to the Indian Board and ask them to take disciplinary action against Kaul,” he said. Altaf, however, said PCB would also be speaking to the players and investigating the incidents of Akhtar banging on Chappell’s hotel room door.
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