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Saqlain faces disciplinary action
October 25, 2003 14:23 IST

Another Pakistani player faces disciplinary action for alleged misbehaviour.

Off-spinner Saqlain Mushtaq will face a three-member disciplinary committee head by retired Justice Amir Alam on Wednesday for misbehaving with Pakistani coach Javed Miandad and manager Haroon Rashid.

PCB chief executive Rameez Raja said that Mushtaq would be dealt with moderately if he apologised, keeping in mind his services to Pakistani cricket.

27-year-old Saqlain had a disappointing world cup this March and was sacked from the team after their humiliating first round exit.

In his comeback Test against Bangladesh, at Multan last month he managed to pick two wickets and failed to take a single wicket in the third one-day against South Africa at Faisalabad. He was dropped from the Test series against South Africa and faces a difficult time in his career after being rated as one of the top off-spinners in world cricket along with Sri Lankan Muthiah Muralitharan and Harbhajan Singh.

Having played for English county Surrey Mushtaq has 207 wickets in 48 Tests and 288 wickets in 169 one-dayers.

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