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Panel recommends fine on Akmal, Afridi |
KARACHI: A Pakistan Cricket Board
inquiry committee has recommended hefty fines on senior players Kamran Akmal and
Shahid Afridi for breach of conduct during the team's disastrous tour of
Australia.
Sources close to the inquiry committee, constituted by
the Pakistan Cricket Board to probe into the team's poor performance in
Australia, said that fines were recommended for Akmal and Afridi for violating
players' code of conduct in Australia and spoiling Pakistan cricket's image.
"The recommendations are for hefty fines on both players but PCB
Chairman Ejaz Butt has the authority to revise the recommended fine amount or
even decide against imposing the fines," one source said.
The probe
panel, headed by PCB chief operating officer Wasim Bari, recommended fine on
Afridi for his bizarre ball-tampering incident in the Perth ODI while found
Akmal guilty of other breaches of discipline.
The source said
besides the fine, the committee had also made recommendations like making it
binding on every player to declare his total assets annually and get PCB
clearance before they can talk to media.
"The (proposed) clause (in
player's central contract) also makes it clear that no player is allowed to
speak on policy decisions of the board," the source said.
PCB legal
advisor Tafazzul Rizvi, who is a member of the inquiry committee, confirmed that
the Chairman would have the final say in all matters.
"The committee
has finalised and submitted its report and made all recommendations unanimously
but the Chairman can decide to accept all recommendations or turn down some of
them," Rizvi said.
He said since the inquiry committee report was a
confidential document, he could not reveal its details but could confirm that
the committee had tried to be fair in his recommendations.
"We have
made recommendations which we feel are fair and just in the circumstances. Now
the Chairman will decide what to do," he said.
The Pakistan board
said in a statement on Wednesday that the inquiry committee report was under
internal deliberation at the moment and the board would make its finding public
in the next few days.
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