Mohammad Asif: “PCB never tried to save me regardless of the fact that I am the kind of bowler who was highly regarded by everyone in the world”
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Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Asif expressed his anger at the fact that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) “never tried to save me regardless of the fact that I am the kind of bowler who was highly regarded by everyone in the world”.
Najam Sethi: “Umar is not disciplined despite being very talented. If he sits down with a psychiatrist and takes medical treatment, he might become more discipline-oriented”
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Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Najam Sethi believes that batsman Umar Akmal is “not disciplined” and needs psychiatric treatment.
Mohammad Yousuf believes “greed and bad company” is to blame for all the match-fixing incidents involving Pakistan players
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Legendary batsman Mohammad Yousuf has claimed that “greed and bad company” are responsible for all the match-fixing incidents involving Pakistan players.
Mohammad Yousuf simply used the words “bad company” when asked about Umar Akmal
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf simply said “bad company” when asked about Umar Akmal.
Kamran Akmal: “Cricket is our bread and butter. He has been dealt a very raw deal by the previous management [led by Mickey Arthur] as well”
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Wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal has accused former Pakistan head coach Mickey Arthur of not treating his brother Umar properly and failing to give him enough support.
Zaheer Abbas on Umar Akmal: “I think his international career is all but over. He deserved the punishment”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas believes that Umar Akmal’s “international career is all but over”.
Rashid Latif: “The decision to punish Umar Akmal by the PCB is absolutely right. I personally believe that he should have been banned for life”
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Former Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Rashid Latif firmly believes that batsman Umar Akmal should have been banned for life.
Kamran Akmal: “There are precedents of much shorter bans on similar violations in the past. We are at a loss to understand why Umar Akmal has been treated differently”
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Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Kamran Akmal accused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of treating his brother differently after Umar was given a three-year ban.
Salman Iqbal: “When we picked Amir in the first season, we were criticised. People were very angry with us. Many players, who played from Karachi Kings, said we will not play for this franchise. We will not enter the draft because we don’t want to go to Karachi Kings”
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Karachi Kings owner Salman Iqbal has revealed that many players didn’t want to play for the team when it first signed Pakistan left-arm seamer Mohammad Amir.
Ramiz Raja on Umar Akmal: “Behind bars is where such jackasses belong”
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Former Pakistan captain Ramiz Raja has called batsman Umar Akmal a jackass after he was banned from all forms of cricket for three years.
