By Kowalski Pakistan cricket's resident hell-raiser Shoaib Akhtar is for a change not at the centre of the fresh turmoil that seems to be brewing in the team.
Instead, it is the usually funny Shahid Afridi, who is the cause of tension in this volatile side.
The story starts at the Abbotabad training camp where the team was training under the watchful eyes of the Pakistani army. As it turned out, even these gun-flaunting army men had a tough time dealing with their cricketers, who are always prone to making headlines for wrong reasons.
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pparently there was a "physical clash" between Afridi and team manager Talat Ali over a seat in the team bus!! The PCB seriously needs to examine this team bus thing because off late the Pakistani cricketers have made a habit of settling all their scores in the bus only!
Remember the Akhtar-Woolmer clashes that happened inside the bus most of the time?
Well coming back to Afridi, it's no secret that the fellow is not particularly happy with the appointment of Salman Butt as the deputy to skipper Shoaib Malik. And how can he be after projecting himself as captaincy candidate in the run-up to Malik's appointment?
And now that he has been overlooked for the vice-captaincy as well, the Pathan pride seems to have been hurt all the more. And I don't think anybody can blame him. Come on Butt as vice-captain of
Pakistan is a bit, no very hard, to digest.
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