Pakistan on Tuesday appointed Shahid Afridi as their Twenty20 captain until 2016, three years after he was removed following a fall out with coach Waqar Younis and the cricket board.
The 34-year-old all rounder led
Pakistan to the semi-finals of the
World Twenty20 in 2010 and then to the same stage of the World Cup (50 overs) a year later.
But after the tour of the West Indies in May 2011 where Pakistan won the one-day series 3-2 he developed differences with Waqar and then Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and was removed.
Pakistan's Twenty20 captaincy has
remained vacant since Mohammad
Hafeez stepped down following the
team's first round exit from the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in April this year.
http://m.firstpost.com/sports/shahid-afridi-reappointed-pakistans-twenty20-captain-1715065.html
The 34-year-old all rounder led
Pakistan to the semi-finals of the
World Twenty20 in 2010 and then to the same stage of the World Cup (50 overs) a year later.
But after the tour of the West Indies in May 2011 where Pakistan won the one-day series 3-2 he developed differences with Waqar and then Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Ijaz Butt and was removed.
Pakistan's Twenty20 captaincy has
remained vacant since Mohammad
Hafeez stepped down following the
team's first round exit from the World Twenty20 in Bangladesh in April this year.
http://m.firstpost.com/sports/shahid-afridi-reappointed-pakistans-twenty20-captain-1715065.html
