Shahid Afridi coming out of test retirement again?

[mastana]

Shahid Afridi says England tour was one of the hardest of his career

Pakistan's one-day captain, Shahid Afridi has described the tour to England that ended yesterday as one of the most arduous of his cricket career. "It was one of the most difficult tours of my 14-year career," said Afridi. "It was difficult to even venture out of the hotel, there were people hooting at us and there was lot of pressure on the players." Pakistan lost the Test, Twenty20 and one-day series to England and the team was rocked by spot-fixing allegations. The Test captain, Salman Butt, and bowlers Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz were all questioned by Scotland Yard over the allegations with the first three also suspended by the International Cricket Council. Afridi who had stepped down as Test captain after Pakistan lost the first test to Australia in July returned to take charge of the team for the limited-overs matches. "It was a difficult tour because of the allegations. Players were not comfortable even venturing out of the hotel, they were so many negative reports about the team, there was lot of stress on us," he said. "The players were down and it was not easy lifting them up. It was very difficult but they responded well." Afridi also called for the introduction of the referral system in ODI cricket. "They should have the referral system in one-dayers because one mistake by the umpire can change the course of the game," he said. Afridi did not rule out the possibility of coming out of retirement to return to the Test team again for the forthcoming series against South Africa in the UAE. "I will speak to the chairman of the board but there is no doubt Pakistan cricket is going through a difficult phase and we seniors have to play our role in getting the team out of this crisis," he said.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2010/sep/23/shahid-afridi-england-tour-hardest-career

[mastana]

Bas karo yaar aur kitna hasaoge :hysterical:

[vamos_rafa]

I will speak to the chairman of the board but there is no doubt Pakistan cricket is going through a difficult phase and we seniors have to play our role in getting the team out of this crisis,

We seniors.. I think Zaheer Abbas or Asif Iqbal should feel the same. Or they should call up Jinnah from the slumbers. He can certainly play a role in getting the team out of the crisis.

[Roshanrocks]

:hysterical:

[anish233]

Inzamam is the SENIOR.. he should come back.. LOL.

[ZodiaC]

Oh my gawd.. This clowns will make you die of laughter :rotfl: BTW thought he didn't have temperament to play tests? Did his temperament get better now? :dontknow:

[Sir john]

:cantstop:

[vamos_rafa]

Oh my gawd.. This clowns will make you die of laughter :rotfl: BTW thought he didn't have temperament to play tests? Did his temperament get better now? :dontknow:

Yeah i think he has also learnt a lesson or two of fixing and hence his temperament has improved.

[asterix]

Hmmm.. I was thinking of "What next?" after the Eng-Pak series entertainment. So the Pak Circus moves on the new destination, to entertain us more.. Tdigi, if you read this message, here's a new THEME for your next Cartoon.. Pak Circus! It should show a Circus party (with all the known characters, most of the will be Jokers, ofcourse), moving on, happily to the next destination..

[DomainK]

I was already missing Afridi in test cricket. Hope he comes back.

[King Tendulkar]

If he comes back that is epic:hysterical:

[Texy]

Afridi is such an opportunist with his holier than thou approach despite all the chinks in his armor -- Nov, 2005 -- caught on camera damaging pitch during the 2nd match in the test series vs ENG --- was banned for 1 test and 2 ODIs -- April 12, 2006 --- announces retirement from Tests to concentrate on WC'07 -- April 27, 2006 --- reversed his decision -- Feb, 2007 --- Was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a south african spectator -- was banned for 4 ODIs -- Jan, 2010 --- CB series -- Caught on camera biting the ball and initially he claimed he was being framed and he only tried to "smell the ball" to PTV but later pleaded guilty and was banned for 2 T20is -- July, 2010 --- captained test team for the 1st time and lost to England -- July, 2010 --- Retired after the end of 1st test match citing lack of temperament issues -- After Aamir, Butt & Asif was scandalized with spot fixing allegations...Afridi claimed he had prior knowledge and quit Test cricket due to diff of opinion. -- Now that Salman Butt is implicated, sees an opportunity to announce his wishes to rejoin the test team possibly as a captain

[Hindustani]

Afridi is such an opportunist with his holier than thou approach despite all the chinks in his armor -- Nov, 2005 -- caught on camera damaging pitch during the 2nd match in the test series vs ENG --- was banned for 1 test and 2 ODIs -- April 12, 2006 --- announces retirement from Tests to concentrate on WC'07 -- April 27, 2006 --- reversed his decision -- Feb, 2007 --- Was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a south african spectator -- was banned for 4 ODIs -- Jan, 2010 --- CB series -- Caught on camera biting the ball and initially he claimed he was being framed and he only tried to "smell the ball" to PTV but later pleaded guilty and was banned for 2 T20is -- July, 2010 --- captained test team for the 1st time and lost to England -- July, 2010 --- Retired after the end of 1st test match citing lack of temperament issues -- After Aamir, Butt & Asif was scandalized with spot fixing allegations...Afridi claimed he had prior knowledge and quit Test cricket due to diff of opinion. -- Now that Salman Butt is implicated, sees an opportunity to announce his wishes to rejoin the test team possibly as a captain

Paapistan zindabad

[siddhu]

Afridi is such an opportunist with his holier than thou approach despite all the chinks in his armor -- Nov, 2005 -- caught on camera damaging pitch during the 2nd match in the test series vs ENG --- was banned for 1 test and 2 ODIs -- April 12, 2006 --- announces retirement from Tests to concentrate on WC'07 -- April 27, 2006 --- reversed his decision -- Feb, 2007 --- Was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a south african spectator -- was banned for 4 ODIs -- Jan, 2010 --- CB series -- Caught on camera biting the ball and initially he claimed he was being framed and he only tried to "smell the ball" to PTV but later pleaded guilty and was banned for 2 T20is -- July, 2010 --- captained test team for the 1st time and lost to England -- July, 2010 --- Retired after the end of 1st test match citing lack of temperament issues -- After Aamir, Butt & Asif was scandalized with spot fixing allegations...Afridi claimed he had prior knowledge and quit Test cricket due to diff of opinion. -- Now that Salman Butt is implicated, sees an opportunity to announce his wishes to rejoin the test team possibly as a captain

I am not surprised. All the Pakistani players have bigger rap sheet than accomplishments... Afridi is just continuing the trend.

[Clarke]

mashallah, who can be blamed for discussing too much of Pakistan cricket, its not like u get half the entertainment from the rest of the cricket world :cantstop: expected response from passionate fans: awww, such jazba and junoon and humble attitude ready to step up to the challenge, what a legend.

[Cricket_Guru]

Ooo Afridi you are legend.

[saurabh2602]

Afridi is such an opportunist with his holier than thou approach despite all the chinks in his armor -- Nov, 2005 -- caught on camera damaging pitch during the 2nd match in the test series vs ENG --- was banned for 1 test and 2 ODIs -- April 12, 2006 --- announces retirement from Tests to concentrate on WC'07 -- April 27, 2006 --- reversed his decision -- Feb, 2007 --- Was seen on camera thrusting his bat at a south african spectator -- was banned for 4 ODIs -- Jan, 2010 --- CB series -- Caught on camera biting the ball and initially he claimed he was being framed and he only tried to "smell the ball" to PTV but later pleaded guilty and was banned for 2 T20is -- July, 2010 --- captained test team for the 1st time and lost to England -- July, 2010 --- Retired after the end of 1st test match citing lack of temperament issues -- After Aamir, Butt & Asif was scandalized with spot fixing allegations...Afridi claimed he had prior knowledge and quit Test cricket due to diff of opinion. -- Now that Salman Butt is implicated, sees an opportunity to announce his wishes to rejoin the test team possibly as a captain

This is wrong:hysterical::hysterical: , its a personal attack.... :hitler::hitler: (Its not limited to afridi, all pakistanis are like that... dnt you remember the aid fiasco.... earlier they were cursing us for not helping as neighbours, and when we did they said channel it thru some third party) :crazy4::crazy4:

[hittler7795]

It is bad news for fan of Pakistani Cricketer. Because shaid Afradi is great Captain. I am very shocked when shaid Afridi Retirement on test cricktet. thanks for sharing this great post.

[VRV Singh]

:hitler: :hmmm:

[DomainK]

The Pakistani team is like a team of zombies. The zombies die, but dont remain dead and the Pakistanis retire, but dont remain retired. And there is not much difference between the skills of a an undead of the zombie world and the unretired of Pakistani cricket.