Following the disappearance of Pakistani wicket-keeper Zulquarnin Haider, the ICC has announced a slew of new rules to keep players from disappearing before matches. To begin with, it has made it mandatory for all team managers to maintain attendance registers, with attendance being taken every over. The team managers have also been warned against proxy attendance, as was the case with the Pakistani team, when Shahzaib Hasan mimicked Haider's 'Present Sir' for a place in the team. Further, all players have been asked to submit passport size photos, for ID cards. ID cards have to be worn by all players during all times. "Abdomen guard forget? No problem. ID card forget? No attendance, no game, no party, no girls.", said ICC's newly appointed spokesman, apparently of Pakistani origin.
Further, ICC has banned players from playing 'hide & seek' during warm up sessions. Meanwhile Ashish Nehra thanked the BCCI for its influence in preventing this rule to be applied during matches. Nehra is well renown for hiding behind the boundary when the ball comes to him while fielding.
Going a step further, ICC has urged all teams to follow a disciplinarian attitude. "The ICC advices all players to form a line, with each one holding on to the forward person's shoulders, while going from hotel rooms to team bus." The ACSU department recommended improvisations to this rule to fight corruption. It said players must also have 'hands on their lips', to stop talking to bookies. "STAND-AT-EASE! ATTENTION! LEFT HAND FORWARD! RIGHT HAND ON YOUR LIPS! MARCH FORWARD!" - PCB has already started training PT masters, who would be accompanying the team hereon. Also, passports won't be given to the players in the middle of a tour, unless they submit written permission from parents or guardians. The ICC hopes these measures would be effective in curbing players' disappearances.
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