Pakistan Cricket Board Chairman Naseem Ashraf today said fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar
could face further disciplinary action once he returned home from South
Africa following a brawl with teammate Mohammad Asif.
"The decision to recall him has been taken after an immediate action by the
tour management committee. When the team returns a detailed inquiry and disciplinary
hearing would be held into the incident and further action can be taken against
Shoaib," Ashraf said.
Ashraf said the Board backed the tour management's decision
to send back Shoaib immediately from the World Twenty20 Championships as the
matter was a serious one.
"Let him come back and than there will be more action,"
Ashraf said.
Asif escaped a serious injury but Ashraf said what had happened
was disgraceful and Shoaib's actions could not be condoned at all.
"We don't expect our senior players to behave in this
rowdy manner. This incident has badly damaged the image of Pakistan cricket,"
he said.
Shoaib was recalled after he struck Asif with a bat on his
left thigh during the team's net session at the Centurion Park yesterday.
The unfortunate episode took place hours after the team had
reached Johannesburg from Nairobi where they won a four-nation Twenty20 tournament
in which Shoaib also played.
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