{"id":9680,"date":"2009-02-02T17:15:19","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T17:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2009\/02\/02\/court-suspends-pakistan-icl-ban\/"},"modified":"2009-02-02T17:15:19","modified_gmt":"2009-02-02T17:15:19","slug":"court-suspends-pakistan-icl-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2009\/02\/02\/court-suspends-pakistan-icl-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"Court suspends Pakistan ICL ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Players free for domestic cricket return<\/h3>\n
PAKISTANI players contracted to the rebel Indian Cricket League can return to their home country to play domestic cricket after a ban imposed by the Pakistan Cricket Board was temporarily suspended.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The lifting of the ban, coming courtesy of a Pakistani court order, will come as a huge boost for a selection of the players who have challenged the ban since it was imposed by the PCB in 2007. <\/div>\n

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A total of 20 Pakistani players play in the ICL, all of whom were told they had no future in Pakistan cricket unless they left the rebel league. <\/div>\n

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The players, including star batsman Mohammad Yousuf, can now apply their trade in domestic leagues across the country.<\/div>\n

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The ICL players challenged the ban in the provincial Sindh high court last month. Their lawyer Zahid Fakhruddin Ibrahim said justice had been done. <\/div>\n

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“Judge Amir Hani Muslim has suspended the PCB ban imposed on the ICL players and they are now free to play,” Ibrahim told AFP. <\/div>\n

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But he said the ban did not extend to internationals adding only the PCB could clear the way for the players to be considered for international duty. <\/div>\n

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Moin Khan, a former Pakistan captain and coach in the ICL, said the suspension of the ban was good for Pakistani cricket. <\/div>\n

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“Some of the ICL players can still play for Pakistan and when they play in domestic cricket, youngsters will learn from them,” Khan told AFP. <\/div>\n

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“The ban had hurt the players financially as well as cricket-wise, so it’s a great decision,” he said. <\/div>\n

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Last month Mohammad Yousuf called on the PCB to rethink their policy on the ban. <\/div>\n

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