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Tanvir irks PCB, could face disciplinary action

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Posted: Dec 03, 2008 at 1116 hrs IST

Karachi Sohail Tanvir has irked the Pakistan Cricket Board for holding an unauthorised press conference in Islamabad on Tuesday night, following which the Board is contemplating a disciplinary action against the left-arm fast bowler.

Addressing the media on Tuesday night, Tanvir urged the Indian cricket team to tour Pakistan despite last week's Mumbai mayhem that killed nearly 200 people.

However, it didn't go well with the PCB as senior officials notably Chairman, Ejaz Butt, Chief operating officer, Saleem Altaf and newly-appointed Director-General, Javed Miandad expressed unhappiness over the pacer's action.

"There is no doubt that Sohail has violated his central contract by holding such a conference without seeking permission of the PCB," one Board official said.

"We are looking into the matter as no player is permitted to interact with the media and have press conferences without prior permission of the Board. The penalties for violating this clause are clearly laid down in the players central contracts," he said.

Tanvir was in Mumbai during the terror attacks and, since returning home, has pleaded for the game not to be affected by the tragic incident.

Sources in the PCB also told PTI that the Chairman had told his officials to ensure that Pakistani cricketers refrain from giving statements in the press on the India series.

"The Chairman was not very pleased with the statement of captain Shoaib Malik that Pakistani players were willing to go and play in India even if India decides not to tour Pakistan," one source disclosed.

He said Butt has told Altaf and Miandad to instruct the players to refrain from speaking to the media on the sensitive issue of Indo-Pak relations and the coming series.

The PCB finds itself in a tricky situation with one lobby building pressure to take a strong stance on cricketing ties with India if the Indian government does not allow its team to tour Pakistan next month.

The PCB has also come in for some flak on its statement one day after the Mumbai terror attacks that it would have no problems sending the Sialkot Stallions to play in the Champions League.

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