PCB suspends selector Ilyas

KARACHI: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday suspended national cricket selector Mohammad Ilyas for alleged breach of conduct for criticising Shahid Afridi and appearing on a TV show with banned Salman Butt.
The PCB served two show-cause notices to the 65-year-old former batsman, first over his outburst against Afridi.
In announcing his retirement from international cricket last week, Afridi accused Ilyas of insisting on his son-in-law Imran Farhat making the national team, to which Ilyas responded with derogatory remarks.
“We served two separate show-cause notices to Mr Ilyas and his reply could not satisfy the PCB, so we have suspended his contract and a committee will be announced to take up the matter further,” PCB spokesman Nadeem Sarwar said.
Ilays appeared in a television show on Monday to discuss Afridi’s tussle with the PCB, sitting next to Butt who was in February banned for 10 years by the International Cricket Council (ICC) over spot-fixing.
Under ICC rules, no board member can liaise with a banned player.
The ICC said Wednesday it was inquiring into Ilyas’s appearance on the show, during which PCB chairman Ijaz Butt also spoke by telephone link-up.
“Until its investigation is complete, the ICC has no further comments,” an ICC spokesman said.