PCB rejects Rixon’s allegations

Your prayers have saved me from a great danger but I will have to do another surgery. — Shakib Al Hasan, Bangladesh all- rounder

Lahore: Pakistan cricket authorities on Friday rejected allegations of unprofessionalism from their former fielding coach Steve Rixon, saying they were surprised by the ‘ unfounded’ attacks. Former Australian wicketkeeper Rixon was credited with lifting the Pakistan’s fielding standards during his two- year contract with the national team, which expired in June this year.

He did not seek a renewal of the contract, and on Thursday blasted the Pakistan CricketBoard ( PCB) for being late with payments and disorganised.

“They didn’t pay subsidiary staff on time. Everyone was meant to go to the World Cup

( 2019 in England), which would be the sensible thing to do but not unless they improved their act,” Rixon told Fairfax Media in Australia. Bangladesh: Liton Das st Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 121, Mehidy Hasan c Rayudu b Kedar Jadhav 32, Imrul Kayes lbw b Chahal 2, Mushfiqur Rahim c Bumrah b Kedar Jadhav 5, Mohammad Mithun run out ( Ravindra Jadeja/ Chahal) 2, Mahmudullah c Bumrah b Kuldeep Yadav 4, Soumya Sarkar run out ( Rayudu/ Dhoni) 33, Mashrafe Mortaza st Dhoni b Kuldeep Yadav 7, Nazmul Islam run out (( sub) Manish Pandey) 7, Mustafizur Rahman ( not out) 2, Rubel Hossain b Bumrah 0. Extras ( lb 2, w 5) 7. Total ( in 48.3 overs) 222.

FoW: 1- 120, 2- 128, 3- 137, 4- 139, 5- 151, 6- 188, 7- 196, 8213, 9- 222.

Bowling: Bhuvneshwar 7- 0- 33- 0, Bumrah 8.3- 0- 39- 1, Chahal 8- 1- 31- 1, Kuldeep 10- 0- 45- 3, Jadeja 6- 0- 31- 0, Kedar 9- 0- 41- 2.