This is no laughing matter

Shoaib to miss ICC World Twenty20


According to various reports Shoaib Akhtar has been withdrawn from Pakistan's squad for the World Twenty20 because of a genital infection.

The fast bowler, 33, was due to join the 15-man squad for a six-day training camp last week but was advised to rest.
"We have pulled him out of the World Twenty20 on the basis of a medical report," said a spokesman for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Pakistan have asked the International Cricket Council if they can name a replacement player for the tournament.

A PCB press release stated that a medical board had assessed the paceman, that he had undergone electrofulguration - a surgical procedure to destroy tissue by electric current - and will be reassessed in the first week of June.