PCB barred cricketers from international cricket

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has barred Mohammad Yousuf and Younis Khan from the national team indefinitely and imposed a one-year ban on Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved.



The PCB says Malik and Naved have been banned for behavior, which contributed to Pakistan\'s poor performance on its recent tour of Australia.



Malik and Naved were also fined two million rupees, wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal was handed a fine of three million rupees and Umar Akmal, younger brother of Kamran, was fined two million rupees.



Shahid Afridi was fined 3 million rupees for ball tampering during the one-day series against Australia.



Afridi and both Akmal brothers will be on a probation of six months during which their conduct will be strictly monitored, the PCB.



The players who were handed suspensions and fines appeared before a committee while other team officials , coach Intikhab Alam, assistant coach Aaqib Javed, the then manager Abdul Raqeeb, physiotherapist Faisal Hayat and analyst Mohammad Talha were also interviewed.



The committee also looked into manager and coaches reports of Pakistan\'s tour last year to the United Arab Emirates for a one-day series against New Zealand, their test series in New Zealand and the disastrous tour of Australia where the team was routed 3-0 in the test series and 5-0 in the one-day series.