Here follow a few more incidents that speak volumes of the immorality and loose character of various current Pakistani cricketers and those who had played in relatively recent times:
Opening batsman Nasir Jamshed was imprisoned in April 2010 after being caught cheating in a ninth-grade English exam. He was later released on bail after submitting on a surety bond of Rs20,000.
(Reference: ESPN Cricinfo)
In November 2005, Shahid Afridi was banned for a Test match and two ODIs for deliberately damaging the pitch in the second match of the three-Test series against England.
Television cameras had caught him scraping his boots on the pitch, when play was held up after a gas canister had exploded. Afridi had later pleaded guilty to a level three breach of the ICC code of conduct relating to the spirit of the game.
Afridi was also charged on February 8, 2007 of bringing the game into disrepute, after he was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a spectator who swore at him on his way up the steps after being dismissed. He was given a four-game ODI suspension, the minimum possible ban for such an offence.
On January 31, 2010, Shahid Afridi was caught on camera biting into the ball towards the end of the ODI series in Australia. He had later pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 internationals.
Last but not least on Afridi’s “heroics,” he was hit in the face by a female passenger’s brother in a plane in the late 90s, when the Pakistan team was flying back from Sri Lanka after a tour. It is easy to guess what the star all-rounder may have done, just minutes before this mid-air mishap!
Opening batsman Nasir Jamshed was imprisoned in April 2010 after being caught cheating in a ninth-grade English exam. He was later released on bail after submitting on a surety bond of Rs20,000.
(Reference: ESPN Cricinfo)
In November 2005, Shahid Afridi was banned for a Test match and two ODIs for deliberately damaging the pitch in the second match of the three-Test series against England.
Television cameras had caught him scraping his boots on the pitch, when play was held up after a gas canister had exploded. Afridi had later pleaded guilty to a level three breach of the ICC code of conduct relating to the spirit of the game.
Afridi was also charged on February 8, 2007 of bringing the game into disrepute, after he was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a spectator who swore at him on his way up the steps after being dismissed. He was given a four-game ODI suspension, the minimum possible ban for such an offence.
On January 31, 2010, Shahid Afridi was caught on camera biting into the ball towards the end of the ODI series in Australia. He had later pleaded guilty to ball tampering and he was banned from two Twenty20 internationals.
Last but not least on Afridi’s “heroics,” he was hit in the face by a female passenger’s brother in a plane in the late 90s, when the Pakistan team was flying back from Sri Lanka after a tour. It is easy to guess what the star all-rounder may have done, just minutes before this mid-air mishap!
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