Akmal slapped with show-cause notice for attending dance party <br />November 12, 2015 <br />By: Samaa Web Desk <br /> <br />LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) served a show-cause notice to Pakistani middle-order batsman Umar Akmal for violating the board’s code of conduct by attending a dance party, Samaa reported. <br /> <br />According to sources, Akmal had attended a dance party along with domestic cricketers in Hyderabad that drew the cricket board’s ire. <br /> <br />Also, he failed to find a place in Pakistan squad for the three-match T20 series against England. <br /> <br />Chief Selector Haroon Rashid said Umar Akmal was in contention for a place in the T20I squad, but he was not considered following the Board issuing him a show-cause notice. <br /> <br />“Umar Akmal had been penciled in for selection, but he has subsequently been dropped on instructions from the Board, as he has been issued with a show cause notice for bringing PCB and Pakistan Cricket into disrepute,” he said.
