KARACHI, Sept 6: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will reprimand its chief selector Wasim Bari for an outburst against English umpire David Shepherd.

"Bari will be reprimanded for his statement which was in bad taste," a senior PCB official said after Bari described Shepherd as "too old" and should quit.

Bari drew the ire of International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed for his comment after Pakistan lost a tri-series final to Australia in the Netherlands on Aug 28.

Bari lashed out after Shepherd gave two contentious decisions against Pakistani batsmen Inzamam-ul-Haq and Yousuf Youhana in a low scoring final that Australia won by 17 runs.

Speed warned Bari that he had stepped out of line and in future would face penalties for such an outburst. He also said the ICC would ask the PCB to take some punitive action to discourage such behaviour in the future.

The PCB official said that since the ICC had not taken any harsh action against the chief selector, who is presently in England, the PCB would also reprimand him.

"I think Bari was a bit emotional in his statement after watching Pakistan lose the final and I think a reprimand would be suffice now," the official said. -Reuters