ICC denies role behind Kamran Akmal’s selection – Cricket News Update
International Cricket Council has issued a statement refuting involvement in Kamran Akmal’s inclusion in the Pakistan cricket team, stating that he was selected purely on PCB’s directives.
ICC’s Head of Media and Communication, Colin Gibson, while confirming the news, said that the selection of players for the Pakistan team is solely PCB’s responsibility.
"The ICC has not issued any form of clearance to the PCB for the selection of any of its players and like all others who are not suspended for any reason from participating, Mr Akmal remains eligible for selection for the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 national cricket team should
Pakistan decide to select him," said Gibson.
The glovesman was sidelined by Pakistan Cricket Board over his alleged connection with bookmakers after his name surfaced during the spot-fixing trial in London last year, in which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mohammad-Asif-c1993 were later given jail sentences
The statement contradicts the stance of PCB chairman, Zaka http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ashraf-c46397, who earlier this week claimed that the wicketkeeper was included in the team after he got clearance from ICC.
"As regards http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 said it had nothing against Kamran Akmal, and when the clearance came from the ICC, then the PCB integrity committee cleared him for
national selection," Ashraf was quoted as saying in the Newspaper.
The wicketkeeper batsman was recently recalled to the national team for the upcoming T20 series against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758.
Kamran’s last appearance in the green kit was in the 2011 ICC World Cup, when he played against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 at Mohali. Since then he had been sidelined by the cricket board due to his shoddy performances and suspicious conduct.
Akmal’s shaky glovework during the 2009-10 Australian series raised many doubts and suspicions. He dropped http://www.senore.com/Cricket/MEK-Hussey-c1942 thrice, and missed the simplest of run-outs during the Sydney Test, which allowed Australia to clinch a seemingly impossible victory
against the visitors.
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