Ex-Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik appeals against 1-year ban.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik filed an appeal Wednesday after being suspended for one year and fined by the Pakistan Cricket Board for ill discipline.

PCB legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said Malik filed an appeal through his lawyer.

Malik was banned and fined two million rupees as one of seven players punished by the PCB for ill discipline, ball tampering or poor performance during Pakistan’s tour of Australia earlier this year.

The others are Kamran Akmal, Umar Akmal, Rana Naved, Shahid Afridi, Younis Khan and Mohammad Yousuf.

Only Yousuf is yet to file an appeal and he has until April 16.

The PCB has formed a three-member tribunal comprising retired supreme court judges Munir Sheikh and Jamshed Ali Shah and former high court judge Irfan Qadir to hear the appeals.

PCB imposed the fines and bans on the recommendations of its inquiry committee formed to evaluate Pakistan’s woeful performance in Australia.

Pakistan lost the Test series 3-0 and was routed 5-0 in the one-day series. It also lost the only twenty20 game against Australia.

Rizvi, who said the appeals will be heard separately, was not sure how long they would take.

“It’s a lengthy process and will take some time,” Rizvi said.

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Pakistan’s Naved calls for justice after appealing ban

KARACHI (Reuters) – All rounder Rana Naved has filed a formal appeal to the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over a one-year ban and fine imposed on him after an inquiry into the country’s tour of Australia.

Naved was banned from international cricket for 12 months and fined 2.0 million rupees ($24,000) last month, one of seven players punished after the inquiry blamed Pakistan’s poor performance on infighting in the team.

“I have filed this appeal because I have always played clean cricket and given my 100 percent for Pakistan,” Naved told reporters in Lahore. “The ban and fine came as a big a shock to me and I want it cleared.

“I am confident I will get justice from the board because I want to know the reasons on the basis of which such harsh action has been taken against me,” he added.

Brothers Kamran and Umar Akmal also filed formal appeals against the fines imposed on them.

The board has also slapped indefinite bans on former captains Younis Khan and Muhammad Yousuf and banned another former skipper, Shoaib Malik, for one year.

Yousuf, who who captained the team in Australia, retired from international cricket late last month in protest at the indefinite ban.

Pakistan’s Akmal brothers appeal fines

“We have received their appeals in person and now it will be forwarded to an appellate tribunal,” Pakistan Cricket Board’s legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi told AP.

The PCB last month fined Kamran 3 million rupees ($35,200) while Umar was fined 2 million rupees ($23,500).

According to then manager of the team Abdul Raquib, the Akmal brothers spoke out in the media when wicketkeeper Kamran was dropped from the team due to poor performance after the second Test in Sydney.

Umar Akmal also complained of a back injury, which a medical check up could not detect.

A PCB inquiry investigated Pakistan’s poor performance in Australia where it was beaten 3-0 in the Test series and 5-0 in the one-day series.

The cricket board implemented all the recommendations of the inquiry committee last month, including putting Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi and the Akmal brothers on a six-month probation.

Afridi was also fined after the Australia tour for ball tampering during the one-day series while allrounder Rana Naved and former captain Shoaib Malik were fined and banned from the national team for one year.

Mohammad Yousuf, who last month retired from international cricket, and Younis Khan were barred from the national team for indefinite periods.

Rizvi said that the deadline for the remaining five players to file appeals was April 16.

The three-member appellate tribunal comprises two retired supreme court judges, Munir Sheikh and Jamshed Ali Shah, and a former high court judge Irfan Qadir.