Naseem Shah served a show-cause notice over a Maryam Nawaz tweet

Pakistan fast bowler Naseem Shah has been sent a show-cause notice by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), following his tweet targeting Punjab’s chief minister, Maryam Nawaz. Maryam, who is the daughter of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, was present at the opening game of the PSL.

Why was Naseem sent a show-cause notice?

Pictures of her from the opening ceremony posted by PCB’s official X (formerly Twitter) account were commented on by Naseem, saying, "Why is she treated like the Queen at Lord's?"

The post stayed up for around 10 minutes before it was deleted. Later, another tweet from Naseem’s account claimed that his account was hacked and subsequently recovered.

The fast bowler was sent notice for violating his central contract terms. Although the board did not clarify the exact violation, his tweet could fall under violating clause 2.23 of the PCB's code of conduct

What does the clause say?

The clause pertains to impermissibility of "public criticism of, or inappropriate comment in relation to the Board, any of its officials or sponsors or policies, the ICC or any of its officers or sponsors, Player, Player Support Personnel or Match Officials, including umpires and match referees, irrespective of when such criticism or inappropriate comment is made.”

Naseem Shah will play his first PSL game for the Rawalpindiz on Saturday against Peshawar Zalmi.

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