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Shoaib assaults Asif, sent back home

Shoaib Akhtar

CHENNAI: Pakistan sent fast-bowler Shoaib Akhtar home from South Africa ahead of the World Twenty20 championship after he injured team-mate Mohammad Asif on Thursday.

“It was reported to us by Mohammad Asif that Shoaib Akhtar had hit him in the leg with a cricket bat and abused him,” said manager Talat Ali in a statement. “After this, the team management investigated the incident, and after recording the statements of both Mohammad Asif and Shoaib Akhtar, decided to send Shoaib back to Paksitan immediately.”

The incident happened after a row during a practice session at Centurion Park in Johannesburg. Asif was taken for an X-ray, which confirmed he had escaped serious injury.

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