Haider suspended by Pakistan Cricket Board
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ISLAMABAD: Zulqarnain Haider was suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday for abandoning the team in the United Arab Emirates before a match and fleeing to London.
The 24-year-old wicketkeeper quit the Pakistan team in Dubai and flew to Britain on Monday, claiming he received threats and was offered money to lose matches against South Africa. After Haider left, Pakistan lost the fifth and deciding one-day...
Imran terms Dubai incident as shameful
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: Former captain and legendary all-rounder Imran Khan has called for a clean-up of Pakistan cricket and said wicket-keeper Zulqarnain Haider’s sudden exit to Britain to seek asylum was a “shameful” incident.
“It is really shameful the way he [Zulqarnain] left the team and reached London,” Imran said on Wednesday.
“At the moment we don’t know the facts that compelled him to do this but nevertheless...
Haider reveals he fled in fear of his life
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: Zulqarain Haider admitted on Wednesday that he fled to London because the wicketkeeper feared he and his family were in severe danger following an alleged match-fixing plot.
Haider held a press conference at a restaurant in Southall in London on Wednesday to reveal more about his controversial decision to quit Pakistan’s one-day series against South Africa in Dubai.
The 24-year-old repeated his claims that...
Zulqarnain explains his position to PCB
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board chairman has spoken to Zulqarnain Haider and assured him of its full co-operation after the wicketkeeper left the squad in Dubai and went to London where he has applied for asylum.
Zulqarnain said PCB chief Ijaz Butt had spoken to him by telephone to find out the circumstances surrounding his sudden departure from the team hotel.
“I explained everything to him. I told him I was genuinely...
Pakistan seek first Test series win in four years
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DUBAI: Rival captains Misbah-ul-Haq and Graeme Smith geared up for a spin battle in the first Test starting here from Friday, as Pakistan seek their first series win in four years.
Pakistan’s last Test series win was against the West Indies at home in 2006 and since then they have lost six and drawn the remaining three, but newly inducted captain Misbah hopes his team makes a fresh start at Test cricket’s newest...
ICC forms tribunal to hear Pakistani players’ case
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DUBAI: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Friday formed a three-man anti-corruption tribunal which will next month hear the case of three Pakistani players allegedly involved in spot-fixing.
Former Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer face charges of alleged spot-fixing during the tour of England which ended last month.
“The International Cricket Council (ICC) can confirm...
Haider warns of match-fixing network
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
LONDON: A network of bookmakers trying to fix matches has created an atmosphere of fear and distrust in international cricket, Pakistan wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider told The Associated Press in an interview Friday.
Haider fled the Pakistan team hotel in Dubai in secrecy on Monday and flew to London to seek asylum, claiming he received death threats to lose matches against South Africa.
Haider told the AP that international...
Umar Gul’s secret weapon
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
DUBAI: Pakistan pace bowler Umar Gul has claimed that he has added a new ‘secret’ delivery to his armoury on which he dismissed South African middle-order batsman A.B. de Villiers’ on the second day of the first Test on Saturday.
“This secret delivery is my new weapon which I will be using in the coming matches,” he said at the Dubai Stadium.
Umar took three wickets in 19 balls for just five runs to destroy...
Gayle makes 333, Windies declare on 580 in Galle
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
GALLE: Chris Gayle was out for a career-best 333, one of Sri Lanka spinner Ajantha Mendis’ six wickets before West Indies declared on 580-9 after tea on the second day Tuesday of the first test.
Sri Lanka lost Tillakaratne Dilshan for a duck but recovered to 54-1 at the close. Captain Kumar Sangakkara struck seven boundaries in an unbeaten 33, while Tharanga Paranavitana was 10 not out.
Gayle hit 34 boundaries...
Smith faces race against time for first India Test
Posted by admin on Dec 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment
ABU DHABI: South Africa captain Graeme Smith faces a race against time to get fit for next month’s first Test against India after an x-ray revealed an undisplaced fracture, the team manager said Tuesday.
The 29-year-old South African captain was unable to bat in South Africa’s second innings in the second and final Test against Pakistan on Tuesday after spraining his right thumb and recurrence of his left...
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