Ijaz argues with journalists (8 February 1999)
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: The agony of losing a Test following doubtful umpiring decisions which created enough bad blood among the Pakistani players eventually led to a clash between Ijaz Ahmad and the mediamen covering the match
08-Feb-1999
8 February 1999
Ijaz argues with journalists
By Our Special Representative
NEW DELHI, Feb 7: The agony of losing a Test following doubtful
umpiring decisions which created enough bad blood among the Pakistani
players eventually led to a clash between Ijaz Ahmad and the mediamen
covering the match.
Ijaz Ahmad, who earned a first-ball duck, entered into an argument
with the journalists who had come into the dressing room on the
request of team coach Javed Miandad and skipper Wasim Akram.
Interestingly, when the argument was taking place, neither Miandad
nor Akram tried to intervene.
Out of the Pakistan dressing room, journalists clashed with J.Y Lele,
secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), as
they protested against the lack of facilities.
The journalists bitterly attacked Lele for an overkill of security
measures which created all sorts of problems for them in the
performance of their duties.
The scribes were also critical of lack of a proper press conference
room in which they could interview the captains and coaches. The
media people accused Lele of giving more importance to the electronic
media than the print media.
In all these arguments, Lele uttered no word and kept quiet.
Source :: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)