PCB action against Younis Khan, Shoib Malik, Mohd Yousuf evokes mixed reactions

Pakistan cricket fraternity today reacted with surprise, anger and content to severe punishment handed out by the Board to half-a-dozen current players on disciplinary counts.

While former players like Inzamam-ul-Haq and Rashid Latif felt the Board's move would further hit the image of Pakistan cricket, the older generation players like Zaheer Abbas and Abdul Kadir were all support for the punishment.

The Board banned seniors Mohammed Yousuf and Younus Khan for life and handed one-year bans to Shoaib Malik and Rana
Naved-ul-Hasan in the wake of their flop show Down Under.
    
Brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal and Shahid Afridi were put
under observation and imposed heavy fines.

"How can you treat senior players Yousuf and Younus like this? How can you ban them for life? If they were doing something wrong the board should have spoken and warned them first. You don't take such harsh decision at once," a fuming Inzamam asked.

Inzamam was baffled why the team management kept silence during the tour and came out with sever punishments now.

"Why were Kamran and Umar not sent back from Australia? Why was Afridi not penalised in Australia by the team management? Why come out with such harsh decisions in one go which could badly damage the image of Pakistan cricket?."