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Court summons Shoaib

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Cricket
A civil court in Lahore has summonsed express pacer Shoaib Akhtar to respond to a petition alleging statements he made about fellow cricketers tarnished Pakistani pride, officials said Tuesday.
Akhtar has been summonsed to appear on July 27 after a private citizen moved the petition, they said.
The 27-year old, known as the "Rawalpindi Express " for his extraordinary pace and famous for his verbal outbursts, told Britain's Guardian newspaper: "Imagine if I was playing for Australia with Glenn McGrath and Jason Gillespie softening them up, then I come on, I'd have got more wickets than anyone ever, mate."
He went on: "Because when I play for Pakistan, with Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis they are in decline. They were great but
they're not match-winning bowlers any more. So I have to make it all happen on my own."
The petitioner said Akhtar's remarks were an affront to Pakistani pride and that he should
be punished.
Akhtar is unlikely to appear at the first hearing as he is currently playing for Durham in England. He
will also skip Pakistan's home series against Bangladesh next month before returning home late September.
Akhtar, who recorded a second 100-miles per hour (160-kilometres per hour) bowl during Pakistan's shambling first-round exit from the World Cup this year, was told to mind his off and onfield behaviour by the country's cricket chief Tauqir Zia before Pakistan's tour of Sri Lanka two months ago.
Despite that, Akhtar was suspended for two matches on charges of ball tampering during a tri-series in Sri Lanka. Since then he has kept a low profile.
Meanwhile, in a National League match on Monday, Akhtar took four early wickets as Durham exacted revenge on Scotland with a 114-run victory at The Grange.
Back in May, the Scots began their first season in the English one-day league with an upset victory at
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the Riverside but the return match brought the their fifth consecutive defeat.
Akhtar, who did not play in the first encounter, accounted for all of his victims in the first three overs, leaving the home side 6-4 in search of 268 for victory.
Neil Killeen then removed Scotland's biggest threat, bowling Rahul Dravid for five.
And despite an eighth-wicket partnership of 90 between captain Craig Wright and Majid Haq, the Scots were bowled out for 153 with nine overs to spare.
Off-spinner Haq, whose previous highest score in the competition was 16 not out, ended unbeaten on 55 after facing 64 balls, with eight fours and a six.
Earlier, Gordon Muchall topscored with a brisk 87 in Durham's 267f or 7, which also included 40s from opener Nicky Peng and Vice Wells.
Wright reluctantly introduced former South Africa all-rounder Jon Kent as his seventh-choice bowler and was rewarded with three late wickets in five overs.