Naved calls for justice after appealing ban

All rounder Rana Naved has filed a formal appeal to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over a one-year ban and fine imposed on him after an inquiry into the country’s tour of Australia.

By (Reuters)

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Published: Thu 8 Apr 2010, 5:27 PM

Last updated: Mon 6 Apr 2015, 2:10 AM

Naved was banned from international cricket for 12 months and fined 2.0 million rupees ($24,000) last month, one of seven players punished after the inquiry blamed Pakistan’s poor performance on infighting in the team. ‘I have filed this appeal because I have always played clean cricket and given my 100 percent for Pakistan,’ Naved told reporters in Lahore. ‘The ban and fine came as a big a shock to me and I want it cleared.

‘I am confident I will get justice from the board because I want to know the reasons on the basis of which such harsh action has been taken against me,’ he added.

Brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal also filed formal appeals against the fines imposed on them.

The board has also slapped indefinite bans on former captains Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousuf and banned another former skipper, Shoaib Malik, for one year.

Yousuf, who who captained the team in Australia, retired from international cricket late last month in protest at the indefinite ban.


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