Players let off with a warning

Making a mockery of discipline, the Pakistan Cricket Board let off three players accused of indiscipline during the first Test against the West Indies at Barbados with reprimand, warning and promise to take stiffer action in future.

According to a local newspaper, PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan “reacted promptly” three days after the alleged incident took place in the dressing room and “warned the players that such incidents and behaviour would be dealt swiftly in future.”

Skipper Inzamam-ul Haq, stand-in captain in Barbados Test Younis Khan and all-rounder Shahid Afridi had a heated argument and had even exchanged blows after the first day’s play against the West Indies.