http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shoaib-Akhtar-c90080 and Shahid Afridi – Cricket News Update
Controversial wicketkeeper/batsman, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755’s former cricketers, Shoaib Akhtar and Shahid Afridi, for criticizing the structure of Pakistan cricket at the end of their career. He feels that if the duo was
honest, they should have revealed those facts during the time they were playing International cricket.
Akhtar retired from all forms of the game after the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011, after which he published his autobiography, in which he touched a lot of controversial topics.
On the other hand, Afridi has announced conditional retirement from International cricket, but chances are very high that he will be back in the national team sooner or later.
Haider left the team last year before the fifth One Day International against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/South-Africa-c757 at Dubai and claimed that he was threatened by bookmakers. However, there are a lot of questions over his claims, which have not been answered yet.
Zulqarnain admitted that everyone thinks that he is suffering from mental disorder but claimed that he is an honest person and risked his career to eliminate corruption from the game.
He added that if Shoaib Akhtar and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Shahid-Afridi-c2482 were sincere with Pakistan and the game of cricket, they should have revealed those facts earlier.
The wicketkeeper said, "I know to the world I am a fool. I am not like Afridi and Shoaib who when done with their career are now coming out busting the system. On the contrary I was at the beginning of my career and I raised my voice against
the odds, putting my career at risk without any fear.”
He further added that the two cricketers earned their livelihood while staying in this system and now they don’t have any right to behave like angels, after retiring from the game.
"Both Afridi and Shoaib have earned a lot of respect and money through the system, and now when they see things are out of their hands they have started lashing out the at entire structure and culture of Pakistan cricket. Why at the end
of their career?" he added.
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