High-tempered Aamir Sohail, who played a big part in Pakistan’s World Cup triumph in 1992, had once famously told England star all-rounder Ian Botham that he might want to send his mother-in-law in to bat after Botham was controversially given out for zero in the final match.
He had also sledged Indian medium pacer Venkatesh Prasad in a 1996 World Cup quarterfinal in front of a hostile Bangalore crowd, an incident that had probably cost Pakistan the crucial match from a winning position. Having pointed towards the boundary after hitting Prasad for a four, the poor Sohail had to pay the cost as he got bowled on the very next delivery.
The all-time great Pakistani batsman Inzamam Ul Haq had jumped into the crowd during the 1997 Toronto Sahara Cup and had threatened to beat up a spectator, who was calling him with “cute nicknames.”
In 2001, two young Pakistani cricketers Hasan Raza and Atique-uz- Zaman were caught merry-making in a Lahore hotel by the then Coach Javed Miandad. The guilty cricketers were suspended for some time and the matter was hushed up.
During the 2006 Eurasia Cup in Abu Dhabi, the police had found cans of beer and had had arrested four Pakistani cricketers players, Messrs Misbah-ul-Haq, Taufeeq Umar, Hassan Raza and Zulqarnain Haider, along with their driver.
The players were only released on the insistence of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council and other top officials, but not before 8 pm on the eve of the final of the tournament.
The four players, members of the Pakistan ‘A’ team at that time, had spent two-and-a-half hours in the lock-up in Dubai for traffic offence.
It is imperative to note that Hasan Raza had scored a match winning unbeaten 106 and had shared a 4th wicket partnership of 174 with Misbah, who had hammered 73 to lead Pakistan A to a 6-wicket win in the final the next morning. Taufeeq Umar had given them a solid start with a run-a-ball 40.
The then Pakistan Cricket Board Director, Cricket Operations, Saleem Altaf had told ‘’The News’’ that the Board would consider punishment after receiving the team manager Shafiq Ahmed’s report.
Altaf, meanwhile, could not confirm the fact that liquour was found in the car.
He had also sledged Indian medium pacer Venkatesh Prasad in a 1996 World Cup quarterfinal in front of a hostile Bangalore crowd, an incident that had probably cost Pakistan the crucial match from a winning position. Having pointed towards the boundary after hitting Prasad for a four, the poor Sohail had to pay the cost as he got bowled on the very next delivery.
The all-time great Pakistani batsman Inzamam Ul Haq had jumped into the crowd during the 1997 Toronto Sahara Cup and had threatened to beat up a spectator, who was calling him with “cute nicknames.”
In 2001, two young Pakistani cricketers Hasan Raza and Atique-uz- Zaman were caught merry-making in a Lahore hotel by the then Coach Javed Miandad. The guilty cricketers were suspended for some time and the matter was hushed up.
During the 2006 Eurasia Cup in Abu Dhabi, the police had found cans of beer and had had arrested four Pakistani cricketers players, Messrs Misbah-ul-Haq, Taufeeq Umar, Hassan Raza and Zulqarnain Haider, along with their driver.
The players were only released on the insistence of the Abu Dhabi Cricket Council and other top officials, but not before 8 pm on the eve of the final of the tournament.
The four players, members of the Pakistan ‘A’ team at that time, had spent two-and-a-half hours in the lock-up in Dubai for traffic offence.
It is imperative to note that Hasan Raza had scored a match winning unbeaten 106 and had shared a 4th wicket partnership of 174 with Misbah, who had hammered 73 to lead Pakistan A to a 6-wicket win in the final the next morning. Taufeeq Umar had given them a solid start with a run-a-ball 40.
The then Pakistan Cricket Board Director, Cricket Operations, Saleem Altaf had told ‘’The News’’ that the Board would consider punishment after receiving the team manager Shafiq Ahmed’s report.
Altaf, meanwhile, could not confirm the fact that liquour was found in the car.
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