Pakistan batsman Umar Akmal has escaped a ban from the Pakistan Cricket Board for allegedly making crude remarks to a trainer during a fitness test at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. The said incident occurred late last month when all the players who hold central and domestic central contracts were directed to take fitness tests at the NCA ahead of the home series against Bangladesh and the Pakistan Super League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the body fat test, Umar got frustrated after failing the other tests and made some crude remarks to the trainer while undressing. The trainer is understood to have reported the matter to Misbah-ul-Haq who is head coach and chief selector and he asked the board to hold an inquiry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cUmar Akmal has offered his regrets for his actions and the PCB has reprimanded him and also reminded him about his responsibilities as a senior cricketer,\u201d the PCB said.\u201cThe matter is now closed and the PCB and Umar Akmal will offer no further comments,\u201d the statement concluded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Umar, who is just 26, last played a Test for his country in September, 2011 but he has been in and out of the white ball squads his last appearance coming in a T20 international against Sri Lanka at Lahore last October.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the board appointed their senior official and former Test batsman Haroon Rasheed as head of the inquiry committee, it was expected that Umar would be fined and also banned probably from the national one-day cup due after the PSL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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