Cricket: Pace ace pays for 'damage'.THE five-year ban imposed on Shoaib Akhtar came about because the Pakistan Cricket Board felt the fast bowler's presence was "damaging to the team and the image of Pakistan cricket", according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. chairman Nasim Ashraf. Shoaib has vowed to appeal against the punishment, which prohibits him from playing cricket in his homeland following repeated violations of the players' code of conduct. The latest blot on his copybook (programming, library) copybook - (Or "copy member", "copy module") A common piece of source code designed to be copied into many source programs, used mainly in IBM DOS mainframe programming. In mainframe DOS (DOS/VS, DOS/VSE, etc. came when he criticised the PCB after missing out on one of the top contracts to play for the national team. The paceman was offered a special retainership but took umbrage at being overlooked for a central contract and hit out at the national governing body Noun 1. governing body - the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he . Shoaib's penalty was much more severe than expected and he does not intend to go down without a fight. Despite the ban, he will be free to play in the Indian Premier League. |
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