File photograph of Asad Shafiq.© AFP
Pakistani selector and former Check participant Asad Shafiq has been taking part in a T10 league within the USA at a time when the nationwide facet is present process a disaster which has deepened additional with a historic Check defeat in opposition to England in Multan. Pakistan turned the primary staff in Check historical past to have misplaced a Check – by an innings and 47 runs to England – after scoring 500 or extra within the first essay. Shafiq has been in Dallas since October 4 for the USA nationwide championship T10 league with the blessings of the Pakistan Cricket Board.
Nonetheless, a PCB supply knowledgeable that Asad had been concerned in all choice issues on-line after leaving for the USA.
“Asad had sought permission to be in Dallas from October 4 to 14 earlier than the sequence in opposition to England,” a supply within the board mentioned.
Shoaib Malik, who has been appointed a mentor by the PCB, was additionally lined as much as play in Dallas however he modified his plans on the final second.
Shahid Afridi, Mohammad Hafeez and Wahab Riaz are a number of the different Pakistani gamers in motion.
Many in Pakistan have expressed shock over the truth that at a time when the nationwide facet is enduring its worst disaster, which additionally features a 0-2 loss to Bangladesh at dwelling, the PCB thought it was prudent to permit a nationwide selector to seem in a meaningless occasion for monetary good points.
On Friday, shortly after the loss within the opening Check to England, the PCB added former gamers Azhar Ali and Aaqib Javed and umpire Aleem Dar to the nationwide choice committee.
Former skipper Misbah ul Haq additionally confronted criticism final month when he had travelled to the USA for a charity occasion whereas mentoring a facet within the home Champions Cup in Faisalabad.
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