ICC turn down Pakistan squad request

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The International Cricket Council has rejected a second appeal from the Pakistan Cricket Board to delay the announcement of their World Cup squad. Pakistan have had a request to allow them extra time to name their World Cup squad turned down by the ICC, but due to their lengthy injury list have sent a second request for an extension.
The final 15-man squads need to be named by February 13, but Pakistan's last ODI in South Africa is not until the following day and they already have a number of players out of action.
However, Saleem Altaf, the PCB director of operations, told Reuters: "Our first request was turned down and the ICC said if we had any injury problems, we could ask for replacements from the World Cup technical committee as per the rules."
Altaf added that he'd told the ICC that it was difficult for Pakistan to name their squad before the team returns home on February 16 and the condition of players is assessed. There are concerns over Shoaib Akhtar, Shabbir Ahmed and Umar Gul, who have all returned early from South Africa, while Mohammad Sami is also carrying a niggle.
Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shoaib Malik have also suffered problems during the tour while there is a cloud hanging over Shahid Afridi, who is facing the prospect of a ban if found guilty of his spectator incident during the first ODI at Centurion Park. A ban could range from four to eight ODIs (or two to four Test) making him unavailable for early World Cup matches.

[Kaleem]

always problems and why they wanna delay :s

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Originally Posted by Kaleem

always problems and why they wanna delay :s

due to injuries to Shoaib, Shabir & Gul
hamara board stand nahee leta jesy Aud ney Symond ko select kia hey lekin sath mein yeh bee key ager wo fit na huwa to they can replace him..

Knee injury could end Shoaib's World Cup dream
Shoaib Akhtar, Pakistan's premier fast bowler, fears that he could miss the World Cup after suffering a knee injury that may take three to four weeks to heal. Doctors have advised Akhtar to have scans to reveal the extent of the injury to the left knee, which was operated on, along with the right knee, in February last year.
"I am devastated at the thought of missing the World Cup," Akhtar told AFP, just a month away from the start of the World Cup in the West Indies, which kicks off with Pakistan playing the hosts on March 13. "I was excited at the prospect of playing the World Cup. I want to help my team win the World Cup and I hope this injury is not worse and I am able to play some part in Pakistan's cup campaign."
His selection in the squad was also subject to his clearing a doping test to be carried out on February 16. Akhtar tested positive for banned steroids in October last year. If scans reveal serious injury, then Akhtar will have to fly to Australia for an operation and it could rule him out of the World Cup.
The latest injury scare to Akhtar compounds Pakistan's problems as they are already grappling with injury worries to key pacemen Umar Gul (ankle), Shabbir Ahmed (hamstring) and Mohammad Sami (back). To add to their problems, the International Cricket Council (ICC) turned down Pakistan's request for an extension to the February 13 deadline for naming their World Cup squad.
Salim Altaf, the Pakistan Cricket Board's director of operations, said on Saturday that they had made a second request to the ICC as it would be difficult to name the squad without finding out the extent of the injuries. If the second request is also rejected, Pakistan would name their squad either on Monday or Tuesday, Altaf said.
The 31-year-old Akhtar has been beset by injury. He was forced to return home from Pakistan's tour of South Africa after tearing his hamstring following his 4-36 on the first day of the second Test at Port Elizabeth last month. Akhtar missed the best part of last year due to injuries. He missed Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka and the Test series in England. Akhtar only returned for the one-day series against England, starting in August last year, but two months later he and fellow paceman Mohammad Asif were called back from India after both tested positive for the banned steroid nandrolone.
Akhtar was banned for two years and Asif for one year on doping charges in November but a month later their bans were controversially overturned on appeal. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has filed an appeal against the overturning of the ban in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Switzerland, which is not expected to hear the case until April this year.

Board promises transparent probe
WICB lends full support to Samuels
The West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) has decided to continue supporting Marlon Samuels as it believes he has done nothing wrong. Phone conversations between Samuels and an alleged Indian bookie were taped by the Nagpur police on the eve of the one-day game between India and West Indies in Nagpur on January 21.
"Being faced with such a situation would be quite difficult to deal with so we want to assure the young man that we will be here to support him," Ken Gordon, the WICB president, told the Caribbean Media Corporation. Gordon added, though, that the board would let the investigation take its course. "We believe our player is clean and until there is evidence to say otherwise, there will be no sanctions against him."
On February 9, Tony Deyal, the WICB corporate services manager, was quoted as saying on the BBC that the board would take action "consistent with the law" and the inquiry will involve all agencies concerned, including the West Indies Players' Association, of which Samuels is a member. "Whatever we do will be fair, honest and transparent. Whatever action we have to take consistent with the law, we will take it," Deyal said. "We will have an investigation and take whatever action is appropriate and consistent with the ICC regulations and our own reputation for probity."
The WICB's course of action, Deyal said, would have three major parts to it. One, the complaint and the proof; two, an internal investigation, most likely headed by the cricket committee; and three, the involvement of the Players' Association "because Samuels is a member and we are duty bound to involve all parties."
Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, too had pledged his support to Samuels and said that, with the World Cup looming, the player needed to focus on his cricket.


Board sponsor set to pay outstanding fees
Zimbabwe in bid to lure back Taibu
Cricinfo has learned that Zimbabwe Cricket is making desperate last-ditch attempts to persuade Tatenda Taibu to play for them in the World Cup.
Although Taibu, who is playing for Namibia at the moment, was not included in the provisional 30-man squad, he could still be added as there is no obligation on boards to pick from within that group.
It is understood that while Zimbabwe Cricket is strapped for cash, it has reached a deal with one of its sponsors whereby they will pay the arrears owed to Taibu which is believed to be the main reason the player is refusing to return.
Taibu walked out in November 2005 after receiving threats against him and his family during a stand-off between the country's players and the board. At the time he walked away he was owed tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid match fees and these have never been handed over.

[sheem]

management bilkul fazol hai humari

inki baat kon manega

[sunny kills]

pakistan is bad playbut [IMG]file:///H:/images.jpg[/IMG]