Pakistan batter Haider Ali has been provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) while he faces a criminal investigation in England. The 24-year-old was arrested by Greater Manchester Police in Hove while representing Pakistan Shaheens in a one-day match at Beckenheim on August 3.
According to Cricbuzz, Haider was released on bail after being arrested in connection with an alleged case of sexual molestation. The PCB issued a statement on the matter, confirming its stance following the developments.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅𝒍𝒚 𝒐𝒄𝒄𝒖𝒓𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝒂𝒌𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒏 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒉𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒔’ 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅. 𝑰𝒏 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒕𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝑪𝑩 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒊 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒕 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒐𝒂𝒓𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅.
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The PCB emphasized that Haider’s provisional suspension will remain in place until there is a concrete outcome from the investigation.
“𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝑪𝑩 𝒇𝒖𝒍𝒍𝒚 𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒍𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒍 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒄𝒆𝒅𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑲𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒅𝒐𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒆𝒅𝒈𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒐𝒇 𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒐𝒘𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒊𝒏𝒗𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒖𝒏 𝒊𝒕𝒔 𝒅𝒖𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆. 𝑨𝒄𝒄𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑷𝑪𝑩 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒄𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒊𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝑨𝒍𝒊 𝒖𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒔𝒖𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏, 𝒆𝒇𝒇𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒊𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒚,” 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅.
Haider’s recent performances for the Shaheens included modest returns in red-ball matches, scoring 0 and 17 against First Class Counties XI, and 1 against MCC Young Cricketers and South Asian Cricket Academy XI. However, he fared better in List A fixtures with scores of 71, 15, and an unbeaten 55.
The right-handed batter has so far represented Pakistan in two ODIs and 35 T20Is, amassing 42 and 505 runs, respectively. His last appearance for the senior national team came in October 2023.
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