Pakistan recalls Afridi and Razzaq to ODI squad
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November 3, 2011, Thursday
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PAKISTAN recalled experienced allrounders Shahid Afridi and Abdul Razzaq to its squad yesterday, for the one-day series against Sri Lanka later this month.
Afridi, 31, was captain for the 50-over World Cup at the start of the year but then announced his retirement in May after being removed as skipper.
"I am delighted to be back in the team and I am ready to ... give my full support to captain Misbah-ul-Haq," Afridi told reporters.
Razzaq, 31, has not been picked since the World Cup. He and Afridi have played 587 one-day internationals between them. Batsman Umar Akmal, younger brother of discarded wicketkeeper Kamran, is also back in the squad after missing the test series against Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, former England captain Ian Botham said yesterday that the International Cricket Council needs to act fast to cut off the head of the matchfixing snake following 11 years inactivity in the wake of the Hansie Cronje scandal.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in 2010. A third Pakistan player, Mohammad Amir, admitted his part in the scam before the trial.
"It is 11 years since Hansie Cronje and it has come to the surface again now," Botham said. "Nothing has happened since. I think the ICC have just sat on their hands and pretended it's not there. Well now they know it's there so they have got to act."
"The courts have acted, now the authorities and the respective cricket boards have got to act," Botham said. "It has got to start with Pakistan who have to sort out their own back yard. Then other sides will follow."
Afridi, 31, was captain for the 50-over World Cup at the start of the year but then announced his retirement in May after being removed as skipper.
"I am delighted to be back in the team and I am ready to ... give my full support to captain Misbah-ul-Haq," Afridi told reporters.
Razzaq, 31, has not been picked since the World Cup. He and Afridi have played 587 one-day internationals between them. Batsman Umar Akmal, younger brother of discarded wicketkeeper Kamran, is also back in the squad after missing the test series against Sri Lanka.
Meanwhile, former England captain Ian Botham said yesterday that the International Cricket Council needs to act fast to cut off the head of the matchfixing snake following 11 years inactivity in the wake of the Hansie Cronje scandal.
Pakistan cricketers Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif were found guilty on Tuesday of taking bribes to fix part of a test match against England in 2010. A third Pakistan player, Mohammad Amir, admitted his part in the scam before the trial.
"It is 11 years since Hansie Cronje and it has come to the surface again now," Botham said. "Nothing has happened since. I think the ICC have just sat on their hands and pretended it's not there. Well now they know it's there so they have got to act."
"The courts have acted, now the authorities and the respective cricket boards have got to act," Botham said. "It has got to start with Pakistan who have to sort out their own back yard. Then other sides will follow."
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