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[REPORTS] Mohammad Hafeez tests positive (again) for COVID-19 as PCB-linked lab retests first sample

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Lahore: Veteran all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez has once again tested positive after the laboratory which is linked with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) decided to retest his first sample, ARY News reported.

According to sources, the professor tested positive and the laboratory management has informed PCB about the second report.

“We decided to retest the sample to maintain the credibility of the laboratory,” said laboratory official.

“Hafeez’s act has raised questions on the testing process of Pakistan,” official added.

It must be noted that Hafeez underwent a private COVID-19 Test day after PCB announced the positive results of 10 cricketers including him. After tested negative, the cricketer shared the report on Twitter.

Chief Executive PCB, Wasim Khan questioned Hafeez for posting the COVID-19 Test report on Twitter. According to the sources, the Hafeez showed remorse for his actions. PCB is likely to investigate the matter further.

Players including Fakhar Zaman, Imran Khan, Kashif Bhatti, Mohammad Hafeez, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Rizwan, Wahab Riaz, Haris Rauf, Haider Ali and Shadab Khan have tested positive for COVID-19. Malang Ali, the team’s masseur, also tested positive for the widely-spread virus.

https://arysports.tv/hafeez-tests-positive-pcb-linked-lab-retested-first-sample/

Editor Says:Well you already read the full news all i wanna Ask you is which one to Trust?
1.PCB Lab
2.The lab where hafeez tested himself
3.maybe 2nd test by hafeez himself was zero error in Testing kits.
4.Dont trust Testing kits in pakistan
or Any other Humble view of yours Regarding this.
 
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Was waiting for a poster here to run rampant against the PCB, not because they truly are incompetent but because he has an evil agenda against them.
 
Wasim Khan is a blessing.

Professional administrators are a blessing regardless of their nationality. Learn to cherish them before your administration falls into the hands of incompetence
 
So it’s definitely positive then. What a joke for Hafeez to undermine the PCB without an education on what negative tests indicate
 
[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] right both PCB and Hafeez shouldnt have leaked test results in first Go. Now it creates much controversy in the media and in peoples mind. EVEN peoples are doubting testing kits in pakistan then after.
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] are you going to hide from here now like you hide from the China-India thread?
 
Whose test to believe now? :inti

False negatives more likely than false positives.

In other words, a positive test is very indicative. If you are tested twice and it’s positive, then you’re in trouble.

A negative test has the potential to be wrong.
 
Wasim Khan is a blessing.

Professional administrators are a blessing regardless of their nationality. Learn to cherish them before your administration falls into the hands of incompetence

yes He is a sensible man with good mindset. EVEN we didnt heard much about CEOs/MD of PCB before wasim but now he is much in media with positive frame.
 
Fair point on Wasim Khan blasting Hafeez, but did PCB take Hafeez into confidence before sharing this Covid results with the world? Surely the whole matter should have been dealt with internally?

PCB should have quietly told hafeez, “dude you are positive, so either become negative before the flight to the UK or you arent going”, Hafeez should have told PCB quietly “Sir, i dont trust your results, would you mind if i recheck with another lab?”

This way we wouldnt have had to see this circus. Sorry but PCB is equally to be blamed in this whole situation.
 
Hafeez should be dropped and asked to retire now. He is turning into a drama queen these days. I am sure Pakistan can replace him. :inti
 
Hafeez should be dropped and asked to retire now. He is turning into a drama queen these days. I am sure Pakistan can replace him. :inti
Hafeez is only following his seniors as far as drama queen tag is concerned. Yunus Khan!, naam tou suna hoga?
 
Hafeez should be dropped and asked to retire now. He is turning into a drama queen these days. I am sure Pakistan can replace him. :inti

Dada, he is retiring himself but he sticked himself To Worldcup. LET's see what can He do in Wt20. But i hope he can do well in his farewell games and sign-off with +ve fame.
 
Fair point on Wasim Khan blasting Hafeez, but did PCB take Hafeez into confidence before sharing this Covid results with the world? Surely the whole matter should have been dealt with internally?

PCB should have quietly told hafeez, “dude you are positive, so either become negative before the flight to the UK or you arent going”, Hafeez should have told PCB quietly “Sir, i dont trust your results, would you mind if i recheck with another lab?”

This way we wouldnt have had to see this circus. Sorry but PCB is equally to be blamed in this whole situation.

The procedure is 14 days of quarantine for any player who tests positive. The Pakistan team is flying to UK on the 28th.
 
[MENTION=133760]Abdullah719[/MENTION] yes rights,but it would have been great if PCB had released the results of 2nd check, So no drama n all would have created by peoples.
 
Well done Hafeez for exposing the unreliability of random testing centres in Pakistan.
 
[MENTION=131470]gazza619[/MENTION] but hafeez underperformed in Recent times, he is not that much effective what he used to Be.
 
[MENTION=2016]Rana[/MENTION] yes, hafeez should be applauded for this,but our ***** are in parreler universe including some so-called journos who think hafeez shouldnt have done that.
 
[MENTION=147314]topspin[/MENTION] people who are always telling truth and standing against Bad things are called Drama Queen in our country
 
Important point is PCB’s associated lab is using the same sample as the collected before.

So as they are using the same sample to retest is it possible that when Hafeez’s sample was collected he was at the later stages of the virus progression and by the time he got tested again himself he probably recovered by then?

As there is no way to know for how many days one has been affected before one is tested. Normal period for a person who is non critical to recover and test being positive is around 2 weeks, what if the person is tested on 12th day and he tests himself again on 16th or 17th day. There might be a possibility that person’s report appears positive on the first instance but negative on the second instance.

Not sure if thats the case here but cant completely rule out the possibility. It would have been better to take his sample again I think.
 
Man, Hafeez really wants to play for Pakistan.
 
Important point is PCB’s associated lab is using the same sample as the collected before.

So as they are using the same sample to retest is it possible that when Hafeez’s sample was collected he was at the later stages of the virus progression and by the time he got tested again himself he probably recovered by then?

As there is no way to know for how many days one has been affected before one is tested. Normal period for a person who is non critical to recover and test being positive is around 2 weeks, what if the person is tested on 12th day and he tests himself again on 16th or 17th day. There might be a possibility that person’s report appears positive on the first instance but negative on the second instance.

Not sure if thats the case here but cant completely rule out the possibility. It would have been better to take his sample again I think.

i agreed with few things but it isn't possible boilogically that a personal test +ve first, -ve next day and then again catch virus and came +ve. But i think Covid testing kits can be used only once, there is chance of zero error in negativaty but almost no chance of zero error if it show +ve. I think if hafeez has been shown +ve twice and -ve once then he is in Risk, he should go with Test conducted by PCB and self-isolate himself for 2 weeks.
 
Would Hafeez pull a stunt like this back when Inzimam was captain?

Why is he taking PCB for a ride now?
 
Man, Hafeez really wants to play for Pakistan.

Since he isn't a part of central contract the only way he can leach out money from the PCB is by touring with the team and playing matches (tour allowance + match fees ), performance isn't a criteria for Hafeez had it been one he would have parted ways after disastrous world cup( probably every world cup he played in he performed poorly).
 
Would Hafeez pull a stunt like this back when Inzimam was captain?

Why is he taking PCB for a ride now?

bro, Things are very d/f from then And now, remember we are talking about Covid-19 and all these viruses werent there to effect cricket schedule and cricketers health. Hafeez was junior then, now he has spend almost Two decades with PCB and he knew well the good and bad things there.
 
Mohammad Hafeez has denied that the sample was retested and that he has received any new results via PCB, and feels that the whole situation has become farcical. He is doing fine and asks for prayers.
 
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Since he isn't a part of central contract the only way he can leach out money from the PCB is by touring with the team and playing matches (tour allowance + match fees ), performance isn't a criteria for Hafeez had it been one he would have parted ways after disastrous world cup( probably every world cup he played in he performed poorly).

you are doubting on hafeez intentions which is not good, there are many other way to earn money, he should have pulled himself out and played CPL,Tour allowance and match fee collectively make sum of around 20,30 lakh but in CPL the lowest price he will be sold is 80lakh. but he opted for national duties instead of "25 din mai paisey dabal"
 
[MENTION=151892]Thunderbolt14[/MENTION] right both PCB and Hafeez shouldnt have leaked test results in first Go. Now it creates much controversy in the media and in peoples mind. EVEN peoples are doubting testing kits in pakistan then after.

I'm not saying that you're wrong but how exactly are the PCB 'leaking' the test results? Should they not be publishing the positive results once the tests have occurred?

If I look around, the Premier League has indicated which players have tested positive. Djokovic's positive test result from tennis was announced in the media. It seems that any sportsperson who tests positive, the result is published to the public domain.

But Hafeez shouldn't thereafter be running around making a mockery of the whole setup.
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] are you going to hide from here now like you hide from the China-India thread?

The issue that PCB has no credibility, so it is hard to take their world unless they go about this in a transparent fashion.

My problem was not with the outcome of the result but the fact that they wasted no time in publicizing the name. The whole country does not need to know that Hafeez has COVID, and Hafeez was within his rights to have himself checked independently.

If Hafeez is indeed positive, which is likely to be the case because the chances of false positive are quite low, then in this case Chughtai lab needs to issue an apology to PCB.

Why will I hide though? I am a mere spectator in this circus. I didn’t conduct the test and I didn’t advise Hafeez to get himself tested independently.
 
Mohammad Hafeez has denied that he has appeared for another test via the PCB, and feels that the whole situation has become farcical. He is doing fine and asks for prayers.

Seems like another twist in this action thriller. If this is true than Hafeez has hit another boundary.

PCB be appearing like Zimbabwe on a flat track to Professor.
 
Mohammad Hafeez has denied that he has appeared for another test via the PCB, and feels that the whole situation has become farcical. He is doing fine and asks for prayers.

Oh no, He literally means The report was Fake which media reported. Dont know what's going on. Hope PCB come out as true otherwise it will indirectly effect image of it, afterall PCB is a governing body of 2nd largest cricket democracy. If
 
Mohammad Hafeez has denied that he has appeared for another test via the PCB, and feels that the whole situation has become farcical. He is doing fine and asks for prayers.

[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] from the side i am looking things are getting worsen, its not just chughtai vs pvt lab but player vs cricket governing body. Hafeez should had hide either of two things. TEST he done himself OR report PCB media publishled? I afraid it may affect either PCB's image or hafeez.
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] from the side i am looking things are getting worsen, its not just chughtai vs pvt lab but player vs cricket governing body. Hafeez should had hide either of two things. TEST he done himself OR report PCB media publishled? I afraid it may affect either PCB's image or hafeez.

The only solution to resolving this mystery is to have Hafeez, Wasim, PCB medical team and Chughtai lab staff in one room on live tv.
 
The issue that PCB has no credibility, so it is hard to take their world unless they go about this in a transparent fashion.

My problem was not with the outcome of the result but the fact that they wasted no time in publicizing the name. The whole country does not need to know that Hafeez has COVID, and Hafeez was within his rights to have himself checked independently.

If Hafeez is indeed positive, which is likely to be the case because the chances of false positive are quite low, then in this case Chughtai lab needs to issue an apology to PCB.

Why will I hide though? I am a mere spectator in this circus. I didn’t conduct the test and I didn’t advise Hafeez to get himself tested independently.

Wrre they have credibility or not thatd different story hes tested positive a second time he needs to be booted out for trust and the lab should be fined were he tested
 
So it’s definitely positive then. What a joke for Hafeez to undermine the PCB without an education on what negative tests indicate
Yep.

And he recklessly endangered the safety of his own family and other Pakistanis by breaching quarantine after a Positive Test to try to change the result.

What a pathetic, reckless, selfish, ignorant little man.
 
Yep.

And he recklessly endangered the safety of his own family and other Pakistanis by breaching quarantine after a Positive Test to try to change the result.

What a pathetic, reckless, selfish, ignorant little man.

100 percent do you reakon he will get fine or ban or what?
 
[MENTION=131701]Mamoon[/MENTION] yes, the only thing which can make things crystal clear is media breifing by the involving hafeez,wasim and PCB.we should listen about things from them insted of media.
 
[MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION] firstly, lets see who is right, who is wrong? Thing hasnt been cleared yet. Stop blaming hafeez atleast for now.
 
Mohammad Hafeez has denied that the sample was retested and that he has received any new results via PCB, and feels that the whole situation has become farcical. He is doing fine and asks for prayers.

Now then, what should be believed? Is he positive or is he not? Was he retested or was he not?

Circus anyone!!?
 
[MENTION=152613]U$ofA[/MENTION] [MENTION=93712]MenInG[/MENTION] [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] @Maamon
guys many are blaming hafeez and asking for ban which is not correct.thing are yet to be cleared wheter hafeez is wrong or PCB or testing kits. I think hafeez shouldn't had made it public either testing kits or statement on PCB second-testing. What do you think of the matter.
1.Can PCB ban/fine Hafeez for breaching PCB rules and code of conduct.

2.Can Govt. Order inquiry about The matter..

3.Which one should be trusted?Chugtai Lab or Private lab(where hafeez conducted test)

4.Did hafeez do it right by posting test results he conducted himself for covid-19?

5.what will be PCB's next step after this.

6.
 
The issue that PCB has no credibility, so it is hard to take their world unless they go about this in a transparent fashion.

My problem was not with the outcome of the result but the fact that they wasted no time in publicizing the name. The whole country does not need to know that Hafeez has COVID, and Hafeez was within his rights to have himself checked independently.

If Hafeez is indeed positive, which is likely to be the case because the chances of false positive are quite low, then in this case Chughtai lab needs to issue an apology to PCB.

Why will I hide though? I am a mere spectator in this circus. I didn’t conduct the test and I didn’t advise Hafeez to get himself tested independently.

The names would have come out, sooner rather than later. Every sporting body is announcing names of players who test positive. And they so after one test.

The PCB didn't do anything wrong. Infact they have been quite professional about this.

The test is used worldwide and a false positive is statistically extremely unlikely. False negatives though are common, so the ignorant party is Hafeez here.

The person who needs to think about their actions is Hafeez. He is the one who acted without any knowledge of who the test works.
 
Seems like another twist in this action thriller. If this is true than Hafeez has hit another boundary.

PCB be appearing like Zimbabwe on a flat track to Professor.

PCB said they retested the previous sample. Not a new one.
 
The issue that PCB has no credibility, so it is hard to take their world unless they go about this in a transparent fashion.

My problem was not with the outcome of the result but the fact that they wasted no time in publicizing the name. The whole country does not need to know that Hafeez has COVID, and Hafeez was within his rights to have himself checked independently.

If Hafeez is indeed positive, which is likely to be the case because the chances of false positive are quite low, then in this case Chughtai lab needs to issue an apology to PCB.

Why will I hide though? I am a mere spectator in this circus. I didn’t conduct the test and I didn’t advise Hafeez to get himself tested independently.

What is wrong with announcing the players who have Covid-19? This is not a STD or a genetic disorder which could bring shame upon the person in Pakistani culture. It’s a worldwide pandemic where everyone from film stars to prime ministers to the top sport personalities have been affected.

And given the current circumstances around the team leaving for England in a few days, it’s completely relevant. PCB couldn’t just hide this and then in a few days announce that 10 players aren’t going to be travelling with the team. They need to talk about contingency plans and replacement players etc.

They could do that in private but as a fan and spectator I want to be kept in the loop. As long as it’s not invading the privacy of the players which it isn’t.

Now a separate point is if the players are being blamed for getting corona due to their careless actions. While normally this wouldn’t be right, seeing them openly put pictures on social media showing a lack of distancing etc means they’re willing to publicly show they are breaking the rules so should be commented on in public.

As for Hafeez - what he did was childish and brings both the PCB and Pakistan into disrepute at a time when they’re looking to strengthen relationships with boards. If the tour goes ahead he should absolutely be removed from the squad and penalised for this.
 
Hafeez trying to be smart has just been tested again and notified again of being positive. Hafeez should have consulted PCB about this second test rather than going about it on his own.
 
[MENTION=149054]shamaan[/MENTION] firstly, lets see who is right, who is wrong? Thing hasnt been cleared yet. Stop blaming hafeez atleast for now.

I dont care who is right or wrong it's the principle he should have gone to pcb and showed them the results he also went out when he was tested positive putting everyone at risk
 
The issue that PCB has no credibility, so it is hard to take their world unless they go about this in a transparent fashion.

My problem was not with the outcome of the result but the fact that they wasted no time in publicizing the name. The whole country does not need to know that Hafeez has COVID, and Hafeez was within his rights to have himself checked independently.

If Hafeez is indeed positive, which is likely to be the case because the chances of false positive are quite low, then in this case Chughtai lab needs to issue an apology to PCB.

Why will I hide though? I am a mere spectator in this circus. I didn’t conduct the test and I didn’t advise Hafeez to get himself tested independently.

This must be humiliation for you. You were too desperate to attack the PCB and got burnt.
 
Everyone, Wheter hafeez retested or the sample it didnt make much difference. PCB has the sample of hafeez DNA,blood,blood group and other neccesaties. Incase the previous test was false it is because of labortical errors and now PCB might have made them all fit and retested which came Positive.
 
i agreed with few things but it isn't possible boilogically that a personal test +ve first, -ve next day and then again catch virus and came +ve. But i think Covid testing kits can be used only once, there is chance of zero error in negativaty but almost no chance of zero error if it show +ve. I think if hafeez has been shown +ve twice and -ve once then he is in Risk, he should go with Test conducted by PCB and self-isolate himself for 2 weeks.

No, they are using the same sample to test again which they used when they tested Hafeez first (As per the provided source in the opening post). Irrespective of Hafeez recovered or not that sample is from the time he was supposedly infected and would have appeared positive irrespective of how many times they test (i.e there are no testing issues).

My point is without taking the sample of Hafeez again how can one know the difference of whether its the fault of the test which Hafeez took by himself or whether he has actually recovered.

As I mentioned there is no way to tell how many days someone is into the virus. Hafeez could have been at 12 or 13th day into virus when they first took the sample and when Haffeez tested again in couple of days he recovered. The source you are mentioning is saying that PCB's associated lab is using the same sample of Hafeez which they first took which could be from day 12 or 13 and will give positive anyways. Another sample could have been the only way forward for Hafeez but I guess its enough for lab as they wanted to prove their credibility by proving the initial sample was indeed positive. Though it doesnt serve purpose for Hafeez's case as we still dont know his current status.
 
No, they are using the same sample to test again which they used when they tested Hafeez first (As per the provided source in the opening post). Irrespective of Hafeez recovered or not that sample is from the time he was supposedly infected and would have appeared positive irrespective of how many times they test (i.e there are no testing issues).

My point is without taking the sample of Hafeez again how can one know the difference of whether its the fault of the test which Hafeez took by himself or whether he has actually recovered.

As I mentioned there is no way to tell how many days someone is into the virus. Hafeez could have been at 12 or 13th day into virus when they first took the sample and when Haffeez tested again in couple of days he recovered. The source you are mentioning is saying that PCB's associated lab is using the same sample of Hafeez which they first took which could be from day 12 or 13 and will give positive anyways. Another sample could have been the only way forward for Hafeez but I guess its enough for lab as they wanted to prove their credibility by proving the initial sample was indeed positive. Though it doesnt serve purpose for Hafeez's case as we still dont know his current status.

yes,but that won't create much difference.DNA and blood sample to hafeez ka hi hai Na. In first test there maybe labortrical error who resolved in 2nd turn and it show positive.
 
yes,but that won't create much difference.DNA and blood sample to hafeez ka hi hai Na. In first test there maybe labortrical error who resolved in 2nd turn and it show positive.

Even the first test was positive, I guess you are confusing the tests.

It is PCB's associated lab which tested the first sample which they took, it was positve the first time as well as now when they reused the same old sample. The test which Hafeez conducted in his personal capacity is the one which appeared negative and since that negative test Hafeez hasnt been tested again.

So overall only two samples were taken. First one by PCB's lab which came back positive first time and they resued the same sample to carry out another test to confirm that the sample was positive. They didnt take another sample rather used the first one again.

2nd sample was taken by the lab to which Hafeez went in his personal capacity (After PCBs test result), which came out to be negative. My point is a new sample will need to be taken to confirm the current status of Hafeez if thats to be done. I think all the players which are positive should just isolate for couple of weeks and then get retested according to the PCB's procedure.
 
No, they are using the same sample to test again which they used when they tested Hafeez first (As per the provided source in the opening post). Irrespective of Hafeez recovered or not that sample is from the time he was supposedly infected and would have appeared positive irrespective of how many times they test (i.e there are no testing issues).

My point is without taking the sample of Hafeez again how can one know the difference of whether its the fault of the test which Hafeez took by himself or whether he has actually recovered.

As I mentioned there is no way to tell how many days someone is into the virus. Hafeez could have been at 12 or 13th day into virus when they first took the sample and when Haffeez tested again in couple of days he recovered. The source you are mentioning is saying that PCB's associated lab is using the same sample of Hafeez which they first took which could be from day 12 or 13 and will give positive anyways. Another sample could have been the only way forward for Hafeez but I guess its enough for lab as they wanted to prove their credibility by proving the initial sample was indeed positive. Though it doesnt serve purpose for Hafeez's case as we still dont know his current status.

Even the first test was positive, I guess you are confusing the tests.

It is PCB's associated lab which tested the first sample which they took, it was positve the first time as well as now when they reused the same old sample. The test which Hafeez conducted in his personal capacity is the one which appeared negative and since that negative test Hafeez hasnt been tested again.

So overall only two samples were taken. First one by PCB's lab which came back positive first time and they resued the same sample to carry out another test to confirm that the sample was positive. They didnt take another sample rather used the first one again.

2nd sample was taken by the lab to which Hafeez went in his personal capacity (After PCBs test result), which came out to be negative. My point is a new sample will need to be taken to confirm the current status of Hafeez if thats to be done. I think all the players which are positive should just isolate for couple of weeks and then get retested according to the PCB's procedure.

i know both tests were conducted by PCB. I am saying might be there PCB or hafeez had some doubt with testing kits or Lab, so to reconfirm they tested sample again and test came positive(again).
 
Was waiting for a poster here to run rampant against the PCB, not because they truly are incompetent but because he has an evil agenda against them.
isn't "evil" OTT man? I mean how is criticizing PCB evil yes its not warranted in this case especially but you sure its "evil"?
 
it was expected tbh I mean PCB is bad no doubt but this bad nah

and I think M hafeez got his testing from kiryana store type laboratory too
few bucks may have worked their magic
 
As the saying goes, test, test, test again, and keep testing until you are found to be negative :)
 
Lol even when there is no cricket, leave it to Pakistan cricket to create its own drama.

Not sure if he has it or not based on what we’ve heard, but based on his statements and antics in the past there is enough evidence to suggest that Hafeez is a deluded person. He thinks he is blessed in all facets of the game, and when he got promoted below Babar in batting order rightfully due to being inferior, he had something to say about that as well.

He’s not a cheater or match fixer, a few notches above that in morality, but by hook or by crook he’ll do whatever he can to make it to a playing XI.
 
Hafeez is so desperate to go lol. I can imagine he went to a fake/non credible lab for testing. Hafeez needs to stop putting others at risk and stay home as per the guidelines.
 
Hafeez is so desperate to go lol. I can imagine he went to a fake/non credible lab for testing. Hafeez needs to stop putting others at risk and stay home as per the guidelines.

He had his own test at Chughtai Labs. The PCB had requested Shaukat Khanum to do the players tests.
 
He had his own test at Chughtai Labs. The PCB had requested Shaukat Khanum to do the players tests.

Still don't understand as to why none of these players are bothering to isolate. I mean wouldn't you go straight home?
 
Hafeez really out here treating COVID-19 like his bowling action - test again and again until you finally clear it :)))
 
LOL.

Ban?

This man should be arrested for public endangerment.

Let's start with some disciplinary action. I hope Wasim gives him 6 months to a year.

That way we can mock him, one ticket to the WT20 cup.

I'm sorry but Hafeez is nothing but a has-been, needs to retire and leave it to others
 
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