PCB hand duo indefinate bans(10-Mar-2010)
A furious Pakistan Cricket Board has handed out indefinite bans from the national team to Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, and also suspended Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved for a year after the team's performance in Australia.
An inquiry into the shockingly bad performance Down Under led to PCB chairman Ijaz Butt handing out the sanctions in a stunning crackdown on player indiscipline.
Along with the suspensions, brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal were put on probation for six months and also fined, while one-day skipper Shahid Afridi was also fined for biting the cricket ball.
Yousuf led the disastrous tour of Australia, while Younis is a former skipper of the national team making them the two most senior players in the squad.
However, a review of the tour has led to the pair effectively having their international careers ended by the PCB, barring a remarkable turnaround, although they can still play in domestic cricket.
Pakistan failed to win a match on their trip to Australia, while infighting also marred the tour with several rows between the players, but the PCB has come down hardest on Younis and Yousuf.
"Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, keeping in view their infighting which resulted in bringing down the whole team, their attitude has a trickledown effect which is a bad influence for the whole team, should not be part of national team in any format," said a PCB statement.
Afridi was fined three million rupees for his ball tampering saga, which the PCB called a "shameful act that has brought the game and country into disrepute".
Along with their one-year bans from all forms of international cricket, Malik and Naved were also fined two million rupees, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was fined three million rupees and his younger brother Umar two million.
An inquiry into the shockingly bad performance Down Under led to PCB chairman Ijaz Butt handing out the sanctions in a stunning crackdown on player indiscipline.
Along with the suspensions, brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal were put on probation for six months and also fined, while one-day skipper Shahid Afridi was also fined for biting the cricket ball.
Yousuf led the disastrous tour of Australia, while Younis is a former skipper of the national team making them the two most senior players in the squad.
However, a review of the tour has led to the pair effectively having their international careers ended by the PCB, barring a remarkable turnaround, although they can still play in domestic cricket.
Pakistan failed to win a match on their trip to Australia, while infighting also marred the tour with several rows between the players, but the PCB has come down hardest on Younis and Yousuf.
"Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan, keeping in view their infighting which resulted in bringing down the whole team, their attitude has a trickledown effect which is a bad influence for the whole team, should not be part of national team in any format," said a PCB statement.
Afridi was fined three million rupees for his ball tampering saga, which the PCB called a "shameful act that has brought the game and country into disrepute".
Along with their one-year bans from all forms of international cricket, Malik and Naved were also fined two million rupees, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was fined three million rupees and his younger brother Umar two million.