Pakistan’s Rashid Latif in Hot Water Over PCB Criticism

KARACHI, 22 November 2003 — Former Pakistan cricket captain and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif faces disciplinary action for criticizing the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in a television interview, an official said yesterday.

Latif admitted that he breached the players’ code of conduct but stands by claims aired Thursday night that the board’s selection process was fraught with inconsistencies. “I couldn’t wait and told the public whatever I felt was wrong,” Latif told AFP.

“The coach Javed Miandad and then Chairman PCB Tauqir Zia intervened in the selection process and that detracked the rebuilding process which started off well,” he had said.