Islamabad: Former chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board Ijaz Butt has advised Shahid Afridi to concentrate on improving his batting and bowling skills to keep his place in the national side instead of criticising him publicly.
Last week Afridi said during Butt's tenure Pakistan was hit by match-fixing scandals and that he was removed as ODI captain despite Pakistan making the semi-final of the 2011 World Cup.
In a letter to the player, Butt says, "playing members should not make comments publicly" and should only comment once retired.
Butt also says he does not think Pakistan's Twenty20 captain Mohammad Hafeez should be made skipper in any format of the game, saying, "he is a very good all-rounder and can prove an asset to Pakistan cricket if he concentrates only on his cricketing activities."...
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01:31 PM, Apr 14, 2013
Karachi: Pakistan's flamboyant all-rounder Shahid Afridi has lambasted former Cricket Board Chairman Ijaz Butt for suggesting that Muhammad Hafeez and head coach Dav Whatmore had formed a nexus against Test and one-day captain Misbah-ul-Haq in the national team. "I think everyone knows the scandals that came about when Butt was heading the board. It is better he stop giving such damaging statements about the team and rest at home at...
10:14 AM, Apr 12, 2013
Lahore: Pakistan Test and ODI skipper Misbah-ul-Haq and Twenty20 captain Mohammed Hafeez on Wednesday denied reports of rifts between them and said that such rumours are taking a toll on the team's performance. Following the team's poor performance in South Africa, which the media attributed to the differences between Misbah and Hafeez, former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) president Ijaz Butt added fuel to the controversy by saying Hafeez has teamed...
10:33 PM, Apr 10, 2013
The question being asked is why didn't he (Butt) held the inquiry when he was in power. ...
11:46 AM, Nov 13, 2012
However, Ijaz Butt has welcomed the planned revival of bilateral ties with India. ...
05:54 PM, Jul 24, 2012
Shahid Afridi has decided to review his ODI future after an unspectacular show against Sri Lanka in recent series. ...
04:12 PM, Jun 20, 2012
The former PCB chief said the selectors made a wrong decision by naming Mohammad Hafeez as Pakistan's T20 skipper. ...
07:43 PM, Jun 03, 2012
In its central contracts, the PCB has given players 25 per cent hike in their monthly salaries. ...
11:38 PM, May 26, 2012
Ijaz Butt said that Rajiv Shukla has assured him that Pak players would be allowed to play in IPL 6. ...
02:08 PM, May 26, 2012
