Cricket: Grade II players face ban after brawl
facing year-long bans after holding each others’ collars during a Patron’s Trophy grade-II match
KARACHI:
Two domestic players – KESC’s Bismillah Khan and Sayid Paper Mills’ Imad – are facing year-long bans after holding each others’ collars during a Patron’s Trophy grade-II match at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.
The management of both teams have been told that both players will be banned for a year and a written letter has been handed to them. A KESC player told The Express Tribune that his teammate Bismillah was provoked. However, Sayid Paper Mills’ players have denied that was the case and said it was a two-sided affair. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board domestic cricket officials said that they will receive the report today and will act accordingly.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2012.
Two domestic players – KESC’s Bismillah Khan and Sayid Paper Mills’ Imad – are facing year-long bans after holding each others’ collars during a Patron’s Trophy grade-II match at Jinnah Stadium in Gujranwala.
The management of both teams have been told that both players will be banned for a year and a written letter has been handed to them. A KESC player told The Express Tribune that his teammate Bismillah was provoked. However, Sayid Paper Mills’ players have denied that was the case and said it was a two-sided affair. Meanwhile, the Pakistan Cricket Board domestic cricket officials said that they will receive the report today and will act accordingly.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 21st, 2012.