The International Cricket Council (ICC) referee Brian Hastings of NewZealand would see Pakistan opener Shadab Kabir Thursday for showingdissent on the first day of the second Test
17-Jan-2002The International Cricket Council (ICC) referee Brian Hastings of NewZealand would see Pakistan opener Shadab Kabir Thursday for showingdissent on the first day of the second Test.”I have asked him (Shadab) to see me and that’s nothing serious,”Hastings said Wednesday.Shadab stood his ground after being given out caught behind byBangladeshi umpire Mahboobur Rahman on the first day of the TestWednesday. “He is a young player and he must learn to acceptdecisions,” Hastings said without revealing further details.Shadab made four in Pakistan’s 99-1 in reply to Bangladesh’s 148. TVreplays showed the ball did elude Kabir’s bat, but the Bangladeshiumpire raised his finger to show him the way.Shadab, dumped after playing three Tests in 1996, is on a comebacktrail after scoring over 700 runs in Pakistan’s domestic tournament.The decision may cost Shadab dearly as he is not likely to get anotherinnings in the Test.Another opener Naved Latif is also waiting on the sidelines and istipped to partner Taufiq Umer in the one-day series that follows thisTest.