Afridi vs PCB: SHC stops PCB committee meeting

Shahid Afridi (C) is surrounded by supporters as he leaves after filing a petition at the Sindh High Court in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court stopped the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday  from holding a disciplinary committee meeting against the former cricket captain Shahid Afridi.
Earlier on Tuesday, Afridi filed a petition against sanctions imposed on him by the PCB. He requested the court to form an impartial committee to hear his case as he expressed lack of confidence in the four-member PCB disciplinary committee.
The PCB said that it respects the court order and will not oppose the formation of a body by the court to hear the case.
A PCB report leaked to the media also revealed that the team management had been uncomfortable with Afridi’s behaviour during the West Indies tour and Coach Waqar Younis had called him immature and unwilling to listen to others.
Afridi files court petition against PCB
Suspended Pakistan cricket star Shahid Afridi on Tuesday filed a petition in court against sanctions imposed on him by the Pakistan Cricket Board, his lawyer said.
“We have filed a petition in the (southern province of) Sindh High Court against the sanctions on our client Afridi and have appealed for a stay order against the punishments against him,” lawyer Mahmood Mandviwala told AFP.
Afridi has announced his retirement from international cricket to protest against being replaced as one-day captain last month.
But the PCB said Afridi breached the players’ code of conduct by announcing his retirement and levelling allegations against the Board.
In punishment, the PCB suspended his central contract, revoked all his no-objection certificates which would have allowed him to play abroad and served him with a show-cause notice last week.They also formed a three-man disciplinary committee and ordered Afridi to appear before it on Wednesday. GO TO SOURCE.