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PCB suspends Haider contract after no-show
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November 11, 2010, Thursday
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THE Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended the contract of wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider after failing to make contact with him in the wake of his departure for England.
"The contract of Zulqarnain Haider has been suspended for violating its terms and conditions," the PCB said in a statement yesterday.
The statement also said that the PCB had so far failed in its efforts to contact the player.
Haider fled the team's hotel in Dubai on Monday, hours before the fifth and final one-dayer against South Africa, and flew to London.
The 24-year-old said he feared for his safety after being ordered to cooperate with match-fixers.
Former captain Imran Khan, meanwhile, has called for a clean-up of Pakistan cricket and said Haider's sudden exit to Britain to seek asylum was a "shameful' incident.
"It is really shameful the way he left the team and reached London," Imran told the Geo News channel yesterday.
"At the moment we don't know the facts that compelled him to do this but nevertheless it is another embarrassing moment for Pakistan and its people.
"Sadly this incident only gives credence to the feeling our players are linked with bookmakers or are controlled by them. The recent spot-fixing allegations have not been helpful at all for Pakistan cricket," added Imran.
Haider was a member of the squad whose tour of England this year degenerated into chaos when test captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were suspended following spot-fixing allegations.
A newspaper report said the trio had arranged for deliberate no-balls to be delivered in the fourth and final test against England.
"The contract of Zulqarnain Haider has been suspended for violating its terms and conditions," the PCB said in a statement yesterday.
The statement also said that the PCB had so far failed in its efforts to contact the player.
Haider fled the team's hotel in Dubai on Monday, hours before the fifth and final one-dayer against South Africa, and flew to London.
The 24-year-old said he feared for his safety after being ordered to cooperate with match-fixers.
Former captain Imran Khan, meanwhile, has called for a clean-up of Pakistan cricket and said Haider's sudden exit to Britain to seek asylum was a "shameful' incident.
"It is really shameful the way he left the team and reached London," Imran told the Geo News channel yesterday.
"At the moment we don't know the facts that compelled him to do this but nevertheless it is another embarrassing moment for Pakistan and its people.
"Sadly this incident only gives credence to the feeling our players are linked with bookmakers or are controlled by them. The recent spot-fixing allegations have not been helpful at all for Pakistan cricket," added Imran.
Haider was a member of the squad whose tour of England this year degenerated into chaos when test captain Salman Butt and pacemen Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were suspended following spot-fixing allegations.
A newspaper report said the trio had arranged for deliberate no-balls to be delivered in the fourth and final test against England.
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