Inquiry committee meets for second day

The inquiry committee set up the PCB to looking into the reasons behind the disastrous tour of Australia has held their second day of hearings in Lahore. The committee announced that it won't meet again till the Pakistan national team returns from Dubai from their two Twenty20s against England next weekend.

Pakistan have just completed a troubled tour of Australia, where they were blanked in each match in all three formats. Pakistan cricket is in turmoil after the tour: Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi was banned for ball tampering and there has been plenty of speculation over Intikhab Alam's future as coach. Mohammad Yousuf, the initial tour captain, had said on returning to Pakistan that one player had disrupted team unity during the tour, without identifying who it was. Shoaib Malik, widely regarded as the target of Yousuf's remarks, hit back by questioning Yousuf's leadership abilities on Friday, and had demanded to be allowed to meet the inquiry committee.

The six-man committee, headed by Wasim Bari, the board COO, questioned both Yousuf and Malik on Saturday, besides Intikhab, assistant coach Aaqib Javed and opener Salman Butt. It had began work on Friday by interviewing Afridi and the team manager Abdur Raqueeb.