Afridi faces Rs50m fine, ban

All-rounder pleads guilty to breaching code of conduct, released by Hampshire.


Umar Farooq June 01, 2011

LAHORE:


Pakistan’s retired all-rounder Shahid Afridi faces a hefty fine of Rs50 million and a minimum 15-match ban by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) following his controversial decision to retire from international cricket and breaching various clauses in the code of conduct.


Afridi announced his international retirement protesting the PCB’s decision to remove him from One-Day International captaincy as well as the treatment meted out to him. The board, in response to the harsh criticism and the choice of words used against it, suspended his central contract, revoked all NOCs handed out to him and sent him a notice.

While Afridi has sent a reply to the notice, he faces heavy penalties unless the all-rounder and the board find an amicable solution to the problem. Afridi, though, has contacted President Asif Ali Zardari, also the chief patron of the board, to intervene and resolve the situation.

“Afridi faces a hefty penalty given his breaches,” a PCB official told The Express Tribune. “He gave the board no other choice as discipline comes first and foremost.

“Penalising the player due to ill-discipline is mandatory as his recent behavior crossed all the limits.”

No Hampshire for Afridi

England county Hampshire have released Afridi from his Twenty20 contract after the England and Wales Cricket (ECB) suspended his registration as an overseas player following the PCB’s decision to revoke the NOC.

At the same time, Afridi’s future with the Sri Lankan Premier League is also in doubt. The league’s spokesperson Bryan Thomas, while talking to The Express Tribune, confirmed that they have received the PCB’s letter but are yet to take any action on the issue.

The league is scheduled to take place end of July and start of August but without the required NOC from the PCB, Afridi will not be able to take part in it.

Selector hits out at Afridi

Meanwhile, national selector Mohammad Ilyas hit out at Afridi for blasting the cricket board, insisting that the all-rounder must think before making any harsh statement.

“Being such a big name, he was given enormous backing,” said Ilyas. “Otherwise a player who lets the country down on various occasions is not given such backing. The PCB backed him and appointed him captain. He wouldn’t be in the playing-eleven if it wasn’t for the PCB.”

Afridi had said that Ilyas has a one-point agenda and that was to get his son-in-law [Imran Farhat] included in the squad.

“Ilyas did nothing but conspire against me. He just wanted Farhat in the squad.”

Imran Khan

“The board is not run like an institution. Afridi feels injustice is done so he has taken a decision. Just recently everyone was praising Afridi after he led Pakistan to the semi-final of the World Cup and then suddenly this happened.”



Iqbal Qasim

“Afridi shouldn’t have crossed the line. But if he had made the mistake, being the captain the PCB should have handled it in a professional manner. Pakistan cricket is suffering from various problems and the PCB-Afridi issue has made us laughing stock in the world.”

Published in The Express Tribune, June 2nd, 2011.

COMMENTS (30)

A.J. - Shahid's Angel | 12 years ago | Reply @A.J.’s man: Ok, I'll be happy to explain - The silly nonsense that came from you is the fact you got on this web-site to type a couple of silly lines towards my comments when you could have made your own worthwhile comments/contributions regarding the article above. As for the rest, you keep highlighting the word jealous. Unfortunately, there are a lot of men out there that do not want to see Afridi to succeed. I just listed a few reasons above, but there are plenty more reasons men are jealous of Afridi---his power, his position, his money earning capabilities, etc. Then, for some unknown reason, you highlighted sweet & gentle heart. What kind of problem do you have with my saying Shahid Afridi has a sweet & gentle heart? If you ever meet Shahid Afridi in a fundraising environment, you will then understand the meaning of a sweet & gentle heart. Shahid Afridi has a powerful presence in the fund raising room. He is a very strong man who was deeply disturbed & moved when he came to know and see so many people in his country suffer from floods, especially women and children suffering. It was a lovely moment to see Shahid Afridi speak about the need to help Pakistan flood victims and to see videos of his efforts in helping flood victims. I saw videos of him distributing cash, supplies, food packets, giving comfort, to people who lived in remote areas,that, due to the mountainous regions, were very hard for volunteers to reach. Lastly, you highlighted my comment about men being jealous of the way their wives and girlfriends admire Afridi. That's a fact, whether you want to believe it or not. It is not the female's problem, it's a man's problem if he is jealous of Afridi. If a man does something good in society and women admire him for it, their husband or boyfriend feels jealous because his woman is admiring another man. So ultimately, jealousy is the man's problem. Now quit boring everybody by making me type out long explanations for things that should be very simple to understand....
A.J.’s man | 12 years ago | Reply @A.J. - Shahid's Angel All the silly nonsense is coming from you -- pls explain. ................. There are already so many men jealous of Shahid Afridi, can you imagine how many more will become jealous of Afridi? Men are already jealous due to Afridi’s: Skills Success Charm in communicating with the international media Good looks His sweet & gentle heart for helping people less fortunate than he is Female fan following (admit it—men are jealous of the way their wive’s and girlfriend’s admire Afridi) - huhh, is it men's problem or u female's problem?? (no more comment here) !!!!!!!!!!!!! haha !!, wanna more proof??
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