Sticking the boot in

Poor old Shoaib Akhtar. Dumped from the Pakistan team. Shouted at by John Wright after smiling during a World XI team meeting. Dumped from the World XI after some rubbish performances. Called overweight by the coach of the Pakistan team. And now, just to rub it in a little more, the Worcestershire chairman John Elliot has claimed that Shoaib Akhtar's presence at the club last season was disastrous for team spirit ... "Players like that are no good to our club," he said. "In fact, Shoaib has been no good for any club he's been at..."