Despite being cleared by PCB's Integrity Committee of any wrongdoing,
Shoaib Mailk is not sure of travelling to Zimbabwe along with the
national cricket team, which is set to leave on August 25.
 There are indications that Malik could join the team for the limited-over matches in September. © AFP |
The Pakistan Cricket Board has said that the former captain and
all-rounder Shoaib Malik can now be considered for selection but his
accompanying the team is not sure.
"Yes, Malik can now be considered for national selection and even for
the Zimbabwe tour but obviously the national selectors and tour
selection committee now first need to discuss their plans regarding
Malik," a PCB official told PTI.
Pakistan are scheduled to play one Test, three ODIs and a Twenty20 match on the tour.
The official said that the Board has left it to the tour selection
committee and national selectors to decide the next course of action.
There are indications that Malik could join the team for the limited-over matches in September.
"The problem is that nothing is ready for him to travel immediately
with the team to Zimbabwe and the selectors have also discussed nothing
so far," one source said.
He said there were bright chances that the selectors will agree to pick Malik for the ODIs and T20 matches.
The PCB integrity committee on Friday cleared Malik, who was not able
to get clearance from the high-powered committee since last December
because of doubts over his earnings.
The committee had refused to clear Malik after doubts emerged over
deposited amounts in his foreign bank accounts with the former captain
unable to satisfy the committee about his sources of income and how he
had spent it.
After several hearings with the latest one on Friday, the allrounder
finally managed to get clearance by submitting all the relevant
documents.
The deposits came to light after the spot-fixing scandal broke out in
England last year and the PCB directed all the players to submit their
complete assets and bank account details as part of its new
anti-corruption measures.
Malik, 29, has played 32 Tests and 192 one-day internationals.
The seasoned all-rounder who led Pakistan between 2007 after the
World Cup to early 2009 before being replaced as captain by Younus Khan
was named among the reserves for the Zimbabwe tour.
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