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3 unusual facts about Pakistan Cricket Board


April 2008 in Pakistan

April 1: Temperamental fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar was banned for five years by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday for repeated disciplinary violations.

July 2008 in Pakistan

The Pakistan Cricket Board has suspended fast bowler Mohammad Asif after he tested positive for a banned substance in an Indian Premier League (IPL) game.

October 2008 in Pakistan

:Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) sacked the national team coach Geoff Lawson and Chief Operating Officer (COO) Shafqat Naghmi while naming former Test cricketer Salim Altaf as Director General.


Akram Raza

Raza was named in a 2000 corruption report by Justice Malik Mohammad Qayyum resulting in a fine from the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Pundits from Pakistan

It includes a conversation with Intikhab Alam, the former Pakistani cricket captain, and interviews with Danish Kaneria, the Pakistani leg spinner, Sabih Azhar, Shoaib Akhtar’s first coach, Aaqib Javed, the former Pakistani fast bowler, Andy Atkinson, the English pitch consultant who had been hired by the Pakistan Cricket Board, Abdul Qadir, the former Pakistani leg spinner, and Sourav Ganguly, the Indian captain on the tour.


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Syed Meesaq Rizvi

He has also served with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on their medical commission and has been in the news due to his work regarding fitness problems faced by bowler Shoaib Akhtar.