Wasim Akram takes aim at Waqar, PCB

Wasim Akram takes aim at Waqar, PCB

Famous speed bowler Wasim Akram on Saturday joined the rising list of former Pakistani players criticising the taking away of Shahid Afridi as ODI skipper, saying the result defied logic.


He as well took a shot at Waqar Younis by saw, “In Pakistan, the trainer wants all the power and when it doesn’t happen, the fight begins.”


The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) discarded the the flamboyant Afridi as Pakistan’s ODI captain following reports of a tussle with coach Waqar Younis became civic.


“Arguments flanked by captains and coaches are not new-fangled in Pakistan cricket. Afridi was hailed as a national hero after the World Cup, and came reverse from the West Indies after winning the ODI sequence only to find out he has been sacked. What is the PCB upto?” Akram told ‘Mobile ESPN’


Akram also thought the result to appoint 36-year-old Misbah-ul-Haq as Afridi’s substitute was “at best a stop-
gap arrangement.”


“The present Test captain Misbah-ul-Haq is on the mistaken side of 30 and I don’t see him leading the side beyond 6 to 8 months”, said Akram.
“It is a wrong footstep taken by PCB, and only (chairman) Ijaz Butt is to be blamed for this,” he extra.