I''ll not take back my resignation: Qasim

Published Mon, Feb 01 10 10:10 PM

Karachi, Feb 1 (PTI) Pakistan chief selector Iqbal Qasim has refused to take back his resignation despite the cricket Board here refusing to accept it today. PCB Chairman Ejaz Butt told reporters in Lahore that he did not accepted Qasim''s resignation and he wanted him to continue until the T20 World Cup later this year. Qasim, a former Test spinner who played 50 Tests, had stepped down yesterday after Pakistan were swamped 5-0 in the one-day series by Australia. "I have no intention of taking back my resignation, my decision is final,

Pak-Australia Perth ODI marred by controversies

Published>Mon, Feb 01 10 09:34 PM

Islamabad, Feb. 1 (ANI): Sunday's ODI match between Australia and Pakistan would be remembered for all the wrong reasons. First, Pakistani captain Shahid Afridi was caught biting on a ball and then Pakistani batsman Khalid Latif was tackled to the ground by a Perth spectator.
Latif expressed deep concern about the tackling incident.
"It shouldn't be happening. It just should not be happening. It is not that big a deal to me because I am OK. I am not hurt. It was nothing too shocking, but it was still not what you want to have happening in a game of cricket," the Sydney Morning Herald Quoted him, as saying.

Every team tampers ball: Afridi

Published Mon, Feb 01 10 08:54 PM

Karachi, Feb 1 (PTI) A defiant Shahid Afridi today made a startling allegation that every team indulges in ball-tampering even though felt he should not have done it. Banned for two Twenty20 Internationals for biting the ball during the fifth and final ODI against Australia in Perth, Afridi said ball-tampering was nothing new and that only his method was wrong. "There is no team in the world that doesn''t tamper with the ball," said Afridi in his defence. "My methods were wrong. I am embarrassed, I shouldn''t have done it.