PCB to appeal against Inzamam ban

The Pakistan Cricket Board intends to file an appeal against a one-Test ban on the skipper after it receives the official notice from ICC.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) intends to file an appeal against a one-Test ban on skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq after it receives the official notice from the International Cricket Council (ICC), the team manager said.

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"We have not received an official intimation as yet, but as soon as we get it we are going to appeal against the ban and will ask the ICC to review the one match ban and convert it into a fine," team manager Saleem Altaf was Wednesday quoted as saying by a local daily.

Match referee Chris Broad slapped a one-Test ban on the Pakistani skipper after Inzamam pleaded guilty on the last day of the third and final Test against India in Bangalore.

He was charged on two counts including "showing dissent over an umpire's decision by action or verbal abuse" and "charging or advancing towards an umpire in an aggressive manner while appealing".

"Broad has taken his decision based on incidents that took place in the ninetieth over of the Indian innings and just before the last wicket fell," Altaf said.

"I have discussed the issue in detail with the (PCB) chairman Shaharyar Khan and we feel we have a good chance of a successful appeal against the Test match ban," he said adding, "The ICC recently also upheld an appeal against a two-match ban on Indian captain Sourav Ganguly."

The ICC revoked a two-Test ban that was imposed by match referee Clive Lloyd on Ganguly for slow over rate while playing Australia last November after the Indian board appealed against the ban.

The PCB has already been lobbying with the ICC, pushing for reforms. These include use of modern technology in match decisions and asking ground umpires to consult third umpires regularly after it claims to have been at the receiving end of bad decisions on the Australian tour.