Attack on Sri Lankan cricket team incident is the most damaging to Pakistani cricket.

I think Spot Fixing Revelations and Attack on Sri Lankan team delivered major blows to Pakistani Cricket... Not to forget the musical chair between various PCB charimen...

Spot Fixing in 2010 and Attack on Sri lankan Cricket Team in 2009. Damage from spot fixing can be repaired but I doubt that any international cricket team will visit Pakistan for another decade or so. No international cricket in your home is the worst thing that can happen in cricket.

Terrorist attack on sirilankan team and spot fixing scandal has brought Pakistan cricket to its lowest ebb

@Sajjad Abbasi - I agree with you on this.

@Sajjad Abbasi But that's a security issue right ... that's not a cricketing scandal ...

Spot fixing controversy 2010.

The spot fixing saga in my opinion did the most damage to Pakistan cricket. It not only tarnished country's image as the accused players went on to accept their crime after initially refuting the claims but also the country lost its most potent bowling attack after 2 W's. Just think of the threat that Aamir and Asif would have posed at the world cup in Australia and New Zealand. Moreover we also lost an effective opening batsman and a potential longtime captain.

The worst thing happen to Pakistan cricket is attack on Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore on 3 March 2009 which has stopped International cricket being played in Pakistan. If you don't consider it a controversy then I'll choose spot-fixing scandal of 2010 as the biggest controversy. Which cost us one of the best opening bowlers' pair in modern cricket.

Off field, definitely the attack on the Sir Lankan team. It has lead to a tremendous decline especially on our batting, but that had nothing to do directly with Cricketers. On field, the 2nd rebel against Javed Miandad after world cup 92. That lead to tremendous amount of player power, being a superbly talented team, despite problems of infighting and match fixing the results were good enough. However, the player power and match fixing rut came after that issue.

The attack on the Srilankan team is no doubt the biggest controversy. The flight of international cricket from Pakistan has destroyed the PCB's ability to generate good revenue which then affects the funds that become available to the regions as well. Regions in fact generated a large degree of their income from the sale of tickets in international matches which is obviously not happening anymore. The absence of international cricket also means a reduction in the polishing and trying out of new talent as home matches are a major place where to try out new players and experiment with batting positions etc. Shoaib Malik was first sent at the top of the order at an ODI in Lahore in which he went on to score a hundred. Other players like Waqar Younis, Inzamam ul Haq, Misbah ul Haq, Younis Khan, Shoaib Akhtar, Saeed Ajmal and many more made their debuts in Pakistan before moving on to play in other countries. This attack and its subsequent outcome have systematically stifled Pakistan Cricket's ability to sustain itself.

Too many to list here; might as well blog about it. The attack on the Sri Lankan was probably the worst, followed by Salim Malik, Mohammed Aamir, Muhammad Asif, Lala chewing the akhrot (ball), Inzi bhai walking off (in slow mo), and of course, the highly motivating atmosphere at pitches in the UAE (sarcasm alert). As long as our majestic grounds across Pakistan can't cater to international teams, we can't move ahead, plain and simple.

The terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan team has been the most damaging incident in the history of Pakistan Cricket as it has deprived us of playing cricket at home which affects Pakistan's Cricket both financially and performance wise. Also after the incident the fan following is decreasing day by day as no cricket is played on Pakistani grounds.

Attack on sri Lankan team, spot fixing scandal in 2010 and the musical chair drama between Najam Sethi and Zaka Ashraf.

The Oval test against England in 2006 after which controversies keep on arising one after another...

The following two did the most damage: 1) Attack on Sri Lankan Team 2) Spot fixing scandal in UK

The most damaging controversy has been the battle for top slot at PCB. At a very crucial moment of ICC restructuring due to infighting PCB could not guard its interests. Consequently an already sidelined Pakistan cricket is at the risk of being completely pushed to periphery at global level. The new chairman should now develop PCB as an institution to ensure stability in governance of Pakistan cricket locally security of its interests globally.

1. Financial aspects: Attack on lankan team , Cricket politics between Ind-Pak govt. 2. Performance level: Grouping within the team. 3. Image destroyer: Spot fixing.

The worst thing could ever happened to Pakistan Cricket was "Spot Fixing - 2010". This created a huge chaos all over. This resulted in Pakistan being isolated from the world cricket with murky future full of uncertainty and insecurity. Above all, it created mistrust amongst all the cricket nations to decide against touring the country which has lots of security threats all over. Furthermore, after this incident; the Pakistani sportsmen were being seen as the most culprit players in all sports in general and cricket in particular. Even the great past players were not able to stand with the entire cricket fraternity as the tag of ‘match fixing’ was fixed with the entire nation. This stubborn stain of match fixing on Pakistan Cricket’s attire has yet not sponge down.

Attack on Srilankan team for sure :(

For same strange reason Pakistan performs better under controversies.

Foray of BCCI and Indian cricket....

in my opinion pak cricket has always been usurped by vested interest.inzamam did not let great batsman come in the team,recapitulation,incompetence,wrong selection wrought havoc with the cricket team.above all,the regional cricket destroyed it even though ipl produced finest cricketers in india why pakistan an exception

Having Afridi in the team for 20 years. Not only he is by far the worst player but he also inspired the new generation to play rash and immature cricket. He has destroyed Pakistan cricket.

Pakistan cricket team and PCB has damaged itself more then any other cricketing nation. Not utilizing players properly, grouping in team, not grooming talent on timely basis and not utilizing the legends of the game properly has bring the downfall of the team.

couldn't agree with Sajjad Abbasi more. The terrorism narrative has hurt the country in every possible way including cricket. A very deliberate attack on an international has hurt Pakistan the most. You can go on and debate who was responsible and so on and so forth, bottom line is that till today Pakistan plays "HOME" games in the UAE. This is ridiculous.

Spot Fixing in 2010 and Attack on Srilankan Cricket Team in 2009 did the damage Cricket Pakistan

attack on sri lankan cricket team

The attack on the Srilankan cricket players was a major setback to the future of Pakistan,s cricket.

The spot fixing scandal was a severe jolt for Pakistan's cricket reputation. But the terror attacks on the Sri Lankan teams was the most damaging event. Not only was Pakistan's hosting powers for ICC events like the World Cup or Champions trophy stripped. No cricket team has come to Pakistan since March 3rd of 2009 ( 5 years and 6 months!!!!!! ), and no one has yet come even close to committing to come back to Pakistan! If that isn't damaging i don't know what is...

Death of Bob Woolmer, because he was a true leader

Attack on Sri Lankan team was beyond doubt the most damaging incident for Pakistan cricket as it has left our grounds barren for International cricket thereafter.

Attack on Sirilankan cricket team was the worst controversy in all the history of Pakistan cricket. It banned the International cricket in Pakistan which results in no new cricketing talent in Pakistan.

Spot fixing did the most damage to cricket in Pakistan. Shooting at Sri Lankan players did the most damage to the image of Pakistan.

Naming Lahore Stadium "Gaddafi Stadium".

Pakistan failed to bow before BCCI. Remember BCCI dominates the world cricket and opposing it is not wise. Wish you +Good Luck !

Lack of investments in cricket in pakistan. Other than being part of national squad, players don't have any other opportunity to be successful as cricketer and successful financially. Lot of talent leave cricket at its peak because they are smart and want to secure other future opportunities like jobs etc to secure their future. We need investments in cricket, we have to make a domestic cricket great opportunity to play like county cricket in uk and I'll in india.

Nothing will be worse than bringing back and pardoning Aamir who disgraced this country. That will be LOWEST point! It is unfortunate and unfair for those who play honestly. It will damage the moral of honest players and set precedent for cheaters to crawl their way back into the team. Damage in the long-run. It needs to be seen who is kicked out to make way for this cheater.