Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal and his brother Umar filed appeals Wednesday against fines for indiscipline arising from the Australian tour earlier this year. “We have received their appeals in person and now it will be forwarded to an appellate tribunal,” Pakistan Cricket Board's legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi said. The PCB last month fined Kamran 3 million rupees ($35,200) while Umar was fined 2 million rupees ($23,500). According to then manager of the team Abdul Raquib, the Akmal brothers spoke out in the media when wicketkeeper Kamran was dropped from the team due to poor performance after the second Test in Sydney. Umar Akmal also complained of a back injury, which a medical check up could not detect. A PCB inquiry investigated Pakistan's poor performance in Australia where it was beaten 3-0 in the Test series and 5-0 in the one-day series. The cricket board implemented all the recommendations of the inquiry committee last month, including putting Twenty20 captain Shahid Afridi and the Akmal brothers on a six-month probation. Afridi was also fined after the Australia tour for ball tampering during the one-day series while allrounder Rana Naved and former captain Shoaib Malik were fined and banned from the national team for one year. Mohammad Yousuf, who last month retired from international cricket, and Younus Khan were barred from the national team for indefinite periods. Rizvi said that the deadline for the remaining five players to file appeals was April 16. The three-member appellate tribunal comprises two retired supreme court judges, Munir Sheikh and Jamshed Ali Shah, and a former high court judge Irfan Qadir. Bracken, Clark left out Australia Wednesday culled fast bowlers Nathan Bracken and Stuart Clark from their roster for next season, when they will try to regain the Ashes from England and defend the World Cup. Selectors also dropped batsmen Brad Hodge and David Hussey, and wicketkeeper Graham Manou, from the list of 25 centrally contracted players for 2010-2011 but retained veteran quick Brett Lee, despite his move to retire from Tests. Fellow fast bowler Shaun Tait, a Twenty20 specialist, was also kept on for this year's ICC World Twenty20 in the West Indies. “We see him as an important member of the ICC World Twenty20 squad and (he has) a real chance to force his way back into the Australian 50-over side,” said selection panel chairman Andrew Hilditch. Batsman Phillip Hughes, 21, was given a chance to make amends for last year's disappointing Ashes tour. Fast bowlers Ryan Harris and Clint McKay, wicketkeeper-batsman Tim Paine, all-rounder Steven Smith and batsman Adam Voges all won selection for the first time. Contracted players: Doug Bollinger, Michael Clarke, Callum Ferguson, Brad Haddin, Ryan Harris, Nathan Hauritz, Ben Hilfenhaus, James Hopes, Phillip Hughes, Michael Hussey, Mitchell Johnson, Simon Katich, Brett Lee, Shaun Marsh, Andrew McDonald, Clint McKay, Marcus North, Tim Paine, Ricky Ponting, Peter Siddle, Steven Smith, Shaun Tait, Adam Voges, Shane Watson, Cameron White.
