Yousuf and Younus axed by Pakistan board

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Former captains Younus Khan and Muhammad Yousef will no longer be considered for selection by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after an inquiry into reports of infighting on the disastrous tour of Australia.

The PCB chose to implement the recommendations of an inquiry committee to also hand out 12-month bans to Shoaib Malik and Rana Naved and fine Shahid Afridi and wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal three million rupees (USD35,000) and Umar Akmal two million (USD 24,000).

"Mohammed Yousaf and Younus Khan attitude has a trickledown effect which is a bad influence for the whole team (and they) should not be part of (the) national team in any format," the PCB said in a statement on Wednesday.

"The recommendations of the inquiry committee will go a long way in arresting the continuing decline in Pakistan cricket."

Pakistan lost every match against Australia in their three-test, five one-day and solo Twenty20 series.

The PCB said the six-member inquiry committee, headed by its chief operating officer Wasim Bari, had based its recommendations on information gathered during several marathon hearings with the players and reports from the team management.