Pakistan Cricket news/views

[Krishna_j]

hopefully Asif takes a few more shots of these rather than his drugs

[Sanz]

Originally Posted by Xuhaib

btw poor taste Asif.

Veena Malik is a Legend in her own right. All her work is top Quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qahDgYiOAU

[funnygirl]

Originally Posted by Sanz

Veena Malik is a Legend in her own right. All her work is top Quality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qahDgYiOAU

Are u serious .

[haroon510]

Originally Posted by Xuhaib

Mohammad Asifs Latest Scandal
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/defaul..._4-4-2009_pg2_5

LAHORE: It seems that Pakistan’s fast bowler Mohammad Asif and controversies are made for each other. Asif, who is already facing a one-year ban from the Indian Premier League (IPL) for failing a drug test, has been accused as ‘home-wrecker’. According to reports, film actor Babrak Shah has alleged that Asif destroyed his happy marital life with TV and film actress Veena Malik. “I was happily married to Veena when Asif ‘interrupted’ my married life by starting wooing Veena and he succeeded,” Babrak has been quoted as saying. Babrak said he had divorced Veena on March 31 in presence of Asif. “Yes I divorced her when I realised that Veena was not mending her ways and started having an affair with Asif,” he added. Asif, who has played 11 Tests and 31 ODIs, is not new to controversies. Ever since making his international debut, highly talented Asif has plunged from one controversy to another that has undermined his career. Last year in June he was detained at the Dubai International Airport for 19 days for carrying a small quantity of opium in his wallet when he was on his way back to Pakistan from Mumbai. The tall speedster was banned, along with fellow pacer Shoaib Akhtar, for testing positive for a banned anabolic steroid nandrolone just before the ICC Champions Trophy on October 16, 2006. It resulted in a two-year suspension for Akhtar and a one-year suspension for Asif in November 2006, though they were later acquitted later by a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appellate tribunal.

Alright asif you player.. i am proud of u man lol...

i don't know some how this sounds less conterversial than his drug scandal.. i blame the babrak guy rather than asif for this..

[Krishna_j]

at least something of asif is swinging even if its not a cricket ball

recknon asif has made more headlines for the wrong reasons than shoaib akhtar or will very soon overtake anyway

[Fusion]

Malaysia, Ireland and Scotland among Pakistan's offshore options

[Sanz]

UPDATE 1-Cricket-Pakistan ditched as 2011 World Cup host | Sports | Cricket | Reuters

* Pakistan lose 2011 World Cup hosting rights
* Safety is paramount - ICC
* Tournament to go ahead in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

[Xuhaib]

Originally Posted by Sanz

UPDATE 1-Cricket-Pakistan ditched as 2011 World Cup host | Sports | Cricket | Reuters

* Pakistan lose 2011 World Cup hosting rights
* Safety is paramount - ICC
* Tournament to go ahead in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

Good decision these fundamentalist are not going anywhere soon the cleansing operation will take atleast 3-4 years we are in for a long haul.

[Bouncer]

This could turn out to be the biggest motivation for team Pak to win WC2011

[Xuhaib]

Originally Posted by Bouncer

This could turn out to be the biggest motivation for team Pak to win WC2011

these bunch of low talent amateurs?

[Xuhaib]

hope Pakistan gets some financial compensation not that it matters as it would probably go in to Ijaz Butt and hiss goons pockets rather then for domestic game development.

[Fusion]

Originally Posted by Sanz

UPDATE 1-Cricket-Pakistan ditched as 2011 World Cup host | Sports | Cricket | Reuters

* Pakistan lose 2011 World Cup hosting rights
* Safety is paramount - ICC
* Tournament to go ahead in India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka

It was the correct decision. Until Pakistan can prove (and I don't know how) that they are a safe country to play in, no major sporting events should take place there. Every decent Pakistani would've been on pins and needles if the WC took place there, praying that no one got hurt.

[brackenNY]

Sucks but when you offer "head of state" level security and then a team barely escapes with their lives, can you blame anyone for not wanting to come? Pakistan clearly has more important issues than a sporting event.

[SJS]

Originally Posted by Xuhaib

hope Pakistan gets some financial compensation not that it matters as it would probably go in to Ijaz Butt and hiss goons pockets rather then for domestic game development.

Pakistan needs cricket and exploits by its cricketers on the cricket field (even if they are all away from home) to keep the game alive, the players motivated and the public involved. The Pakistani board needs to look at more innovative ideas on how to manage that and all other boards and ICC should put their heads to gether to try and accomodate this.

Asking for compensation doesn't sound right. It sounds as if everyone else is responsible for the situation and owes it to Pakistan to make good its losses which are essentialy due to an internal situation.

Keeping the domestic cricket going (although one doesn't know when some mad man may issue a 'fatwa' against this 'Western' game) and having the team involved in international games is a prime concern. The world cricket community should help out as should neighbours like India and Sri Lanka. Pakistan cricket needs to keep its friendly ties with BCCI which were seeing such dramatic improvement in the last few years and not allow politicians to use cricket as a political tool.

BCCI can probably do more to help Pakistan out (not by sending a team to tour that country as is being expected) but in so many other ways. For that, both boards have to rise above the political agendas of the two countries. Whether they are strong and independent enough to do that is another matter altogether.

[TT Boy]

Miandad slams hasty ICC…

http://content.cricinfo.com/pakistan...ry/401090.html

Miandad's comments come days after the Pakistani government bowed to Taliban militants in northwest Pakistan by allowing Sharia Law in the Swat Valley and according to the BBC, the Taliban are now a mere 62 miles away from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.