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"Cricket boards have a responsibility to say farewell to their cricketers in a proper way": S Afridi
Shahid Afridi speaking on TV:
"I had a great career in which I helped the team win and at other times, I let the team down as well"
"I was double-minded about retiring after the World T20 due to insistence of my family and friends"
"There was a controversy about the World T20 and whether India would invite us to it"
"I didn't have much expectations from the team for the World T20, we tried many changes before the tournament but the talented players who could fulfil the demands of international cricket weren't there"
"Cricket boards around the world have a responsibility to welcome and say farewell to their cricketers in a proper way, even their Prime Ministers come to the ground for farewells"
"Our Cricket board does not have that trend which is why players like me have to sit and talk about the board"
"No player got a respectful farewell for Pakistan"
"I asked Inzi to set the trend by allowing me to play one game in Dubai against the West Indies"
"Najam Sethi didn't like the idea and said that it was upto Mickey Arthur and when I spoke to Arthur, he said he didn't talk with Sethi on any such issue so I don't know who was playing the game here"
"The people in the Board don't think for the future, they think short term and have aims to help themselves only"
"This show (Cricket Board) is for cricketers and should be run by cricketers and not by bureaucrats"
"Only the top level people like the Chairman should be bureaucrats or politicians"
"People like Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Akhtar should all be used by the board to ask for suggestions to improve our cricket"
"Shahryar Khan has been a respectful and good bureaucrat but he's reached an age where handling media pressure etc. is very difficult"
"I think after Prime Minister the biggest position in the country is that of Chairman PCB - travelling, media, social life is all there. But if utilised properly for the sake of Pakistan cricket, it can be used very beneficially"
"Solution for fixing and corruption is to start from the grass-root levels, kids need to be taught. But the problem is that we haven't set an example. Fixers serve their punishment and come back after 5 years, that's not a good example to set"
"If anyone engages in any form of fixing, they should be banned from all formats of cricket forever"
(Regarding Zalmi departure) "Javed's family is still my family. There are some things I don't want to discuss in public."
"I think I saw Javed's vision for Zalmi change over time. I didn't want to be in the way of his goals."
“I saw Javed’s vision changing with time. I didn’t want to be a hindrance in his new goals and vision. I have a lot of commitments to my own foundation, so I wouldn’t be able to give my services completely to him also. There a lot of projects of my foundation that I need to set my focus on.”
“These things don’t affect our families’ friendship and relation.”
“I wanted to take this decision after the PSL final but I had to fulfill a few commitments with Peshawar Zalmi so I delayed it a little. However, I did want to win the PSL with Peshawar Zalmi and we did that.”
“I married in an early age to stay away from controversies, to not diverge from a straight path”
“First I will continue playing cricket for one or two years, until I think I am fit”
Shahid Afridi speaking on TV:
"I had a great career in which I helped the team win and at other times, I let the team down as well"
"I was double-minded about retiring after the World T20 due to insistence of my family and friends"
"There was a controversy about the World T20 and whether India would invite us to it"
"I didn't have much expectations from the team for the World T20, we tried many changes before the tournament but the talented players who could fulfil the demands of international cricket weren't there"
"Cricket boards around the world have a responsibility to welcome and say farewell to their cricketers in a proper way, even their Prime Ministers come to the ground for farewells"
"Our Cricket board does not have that trend which is why players like me have to sit and talk about the board"
"No player got a respectful farewell for Pakistan"
"I asked Inzi to set the trend by allowing me to play one game in Dubai against the West Indies"
"Najam Sethi didn't like the idea and said that it was upto Mickey Arthur and when I spoke to Arthur, he said he didn't talk with Sethi on any such issue so I don't know who was playing the game here"
"The people in the Board don't think for the future, they think short term and have aims to help themselves only"
"This show (Cricket Board) is for cricketers and should be run by cricketers and not by bureaucrats"
"Only the top level people like the Chairman should be bureaucrats or politicians"
"People like Younis Khan, Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Yousuf, Shoaib Akhtar should all be used by the board to ask for suggestions to improve our cricket"
"Shahryar Khan has been a respectful and good bureaucrat but he's reached an age where handling media pressure etc. is very difficult"
"I think after Prime Minister the biggest position in the country is that of Chairman PCB - travelling, media, social life is all there. But if utilised properly for the sake of Pakistan cricket, it can be used very beneficially"
"Solution for fixing and corruption is to start from the grass-root levels, kids need to be taught. But the problem is that we haven't set an example. Fixers serve their punishment and come back after 5 years, that's not a good example to set"
"If anyone engages in any form of fixing, they should be banned from all formats of cricket forever"
(Regarding Zalmi departure) "Javed's family is still my family. There are some things I don't want to discuss in public."
"I think I saw Javed's vision for Zalmi change over time. I didn't want to be in the way of his goals."
“I saw Javed’s vision changing with time. I didn’t want to be a hindrance in his new goals and vision. I have a lot of commitments to my own foundation, so I wouldn’t be able to give my services completely to him also. There a lot of projects of my foundation that I need to set my focus on.”
“These things don’t affect our families’ friendship and relation.”
“I wanted to take this decision after the PSL final but I had to fulfill a few commitments with Peshawar Zalmi so I delayed it a little. However, I did want to win the PSL with Peshawar Zalmi and we did that.”
“I married in an early age to stay away from controversies, to not diverge from a straight path”
“First I will continue playing cricket for one or two years, until I think I am fit”
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