Senior cricket players revolt against Javed Miandad

Karachi, Oct 17: Seven Pakistan players have revolted against team coach Javed Miandad and an emergency meeting has been called for Wednesday afternoon at the National Stadium to defuse the crisis.

According to highly placed sources, the seven senior players clashed with the former captain on the distribution of prize money earned from the ICC knockout trophy where Pakistan finished as losing semi-finalists to New Zealand.

The crisis had initially errupted in Kenya, but deepened after the team's return on Saturday morning.

The PCB chairman Lt-Gen Tauqir Zia confirmed in the small hours of Wednesday that he has called the seven players in an effort to avert the crisis. "I came to know of the situation only on Tuesday morning.

"I don't want to lose Javed Miandad or the players on the eve of an important Test series. I want to settle this issue in a friendly atomosphere," he said.