{"id":51933,"date":"2025-08-08T03:20:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51933\/"},"modified":"2025-08-08T03:20:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T03:20:10","slug":"cricket-who-is-haider-ali-pakistan-cricketer-arrested-in-england-on-rape-charge-cricket-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/51933\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket | Who is Haider Ali? Pakistan cricketer arrested in England on rape charge | Cricket News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/123177797.jpg\" alt=\"Cricket | Who is Haider Ali? Pakistan cricketer arrested in England on rape charge\" title=\"Haider Ali (X Photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Pakistan cricket has been rocked by fresh controversy after <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/haider-ali-arrested-in-england-pakistan-cricketer-out-on-bail-over-rape-allegation-suspended-by-pcb\/articleshow\/123177220.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">young batter Haider Ali was arrested in England over an alleged rape<\/a> during the Pakistan Shaheens\u2019 tour of the United Kingdom. The 24-year-old, part of the national \u2018A\u2019 team, has been provisionally suspended by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) pending investigation.Go Beyond The Boundary with our YouTube channel. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@toisports\" rel=\"noopener nofollow noreferrer\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" target=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">SUBSCRIBE NOW!<\/a>Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed receiving a rape report on Monday. \u201cWe have arrested a 24-year-old man\u2026 It\u2019s alleged the incident occurred on Wednesday 23 July 2025 at a premises in Manchester. The man has since been bailed pending further enquiries,\u201d the statement read. British police typically do not name suspects at this stage.<\/p>\n<p>Poll<\/p>\n<p>Do you believe this incident will impact the reputation of Pakistan cricket?<\/p>\n<p>A PCB spokesperson confirmed: \u201cWe have suspended Haider until the investigation is completed and will conduct our own inquiry in the UK.\u201d The board said it would cooperate fully with legal proceedings while providing Haider with legal support.<\/p>\n<p>Old Trafford cricket ground: A stadium tour of the iconic venue in Manchester<\/p>\n<p>Haider Ali: Young career cut short?<\/p>\n<p>Haider Ali, who debuted in 2020, has played two ODIs and 35 T20Is for Pakistan, scoring 505 T20I runs with three fifties. In first-class cricket, he averages over 47 with 1,797 runs in 27 matches but is yet to play Test cricket. Born in Attock, he made his international debut in Manchester \u2014 the same city where the current case has arisen \u2014 in a T20I against England on September 1, 2020. Haider last played for Pakistan against Afghanistan at Asian Games in Hangzhou on October 6, 2023.Once considered among Pakistan\u2019s brightest young batting talents, Haider\u2019s career has faced prior setbacks, including a suspension for breaching Covid-19 protocols during the 2021 PSL.The Shaheens\u2019 UK tour (July 17\u2013August 6) included two drawn three-day games and a 2\u20131 one-day series win.The case evokes memories of Pakistan\u2019s 2010 spot-fixing scandal, when <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/salman-butt\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Salman Butt<\/a>, Mohammad Amir, and Mohammad Asif were jailed in England, underscoring the recurring shadow of controversy over the nation\u2019s cricket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pakistan cricket has been rocked by fresh controversy after young batter Haider Ali was arrested in England over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":51934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[564],"tags":[43583,64,63,740,43584,43579,43581,43578,43586,43580,43585,43582,85],"class_list":["post-51933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cricket","tag-2010-spot-fixing-scandal","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-cricket","tag-cricket-controversy","tag-cricketer-arrested-uk","tag-greater-manchester-police","tag-haider-ali","tag-pakistan-cricket-board","tag-rape-charge-cricket","tag-salman-butt","tag-shaheens-uk-tour","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}