Pakistan Cricket Board official on Danish Kaneria: “Inzamam-ul-Haq, Rashid Latif, Younis Khan, Muhammad Yousuf, all these guys captained Pakistan when Kaneria was playing. They should respond to what Akhtar and Kaneria are saying. Why should the board get involved?”
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The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has refused to get involved in the controversy surrounding ex-players allegedly discriminating against former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria due to his religion.
Mohammad Yousuf: “I condemn the comments made about discrimination regarding players from the minority in the Pakistan team”
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Legendary Pakistan batsman Mohammad Yousuf has expressed his anger towards ex-pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar and former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria.
Danish Kaneria: “The players didn’t like to talk to me just because I was a Hindu. Soon I will reveal their names. I did not have the courage to speak in this regard, but now I got the courage to speak on this issue when I heard Shoaib’s statement”
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Former Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has promised to reveal the names of the Pakistan players that subjected him to religious discrimination.
Shoaib Akhtar: “I don’t want to bring this out in the open but once someone said ‘Sir, why is he eating from here [implying same place as others]’ , I said I am going to throw you out because this man is getting wickets for your country”
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Legendary Pakistan pace bowler Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that former leg-spinner Danish Kaneria used to face religious discrimination since he was a Hindu.
Salman Butt: “Why can one player play and the other can’t? What was special in one and what did the other not have?”
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Former Pakistan captain Salman Butt has accused the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) of treating him in a discriminatory manner.
“Nobody (of the pair) has got exceptional performances as far as (playing for) West Indies is concerned”
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West Indies chief selector Clive Lloyd has admitted that “it was a very difficult decision” to not include all-rounders Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo in the World Cup squad.
The article suggested that Carberry had been a victim of racial discrimination
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The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) have referred The Guardian’s article, in which they interviewed batsman Michael Carberry, to the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) after they were unhappy with the tone and some of the content within the article.
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Ntini is the only black African to have represented South Africa in more than 100 Test matches
Cricket South Africa have implemented a quota for black African players, whereby all major franchises must now have at least one black player on the field at all times.
