Karachi: Former Zimbabwe captain and ex-England coach Andy Flower believes that Shahid Afridi‘s reputation in the media is “misleading” and described the Pakistan skipper as an excellent leader. The flamboyant all-rounder was recently involved in a verbal spat with a journalist during a press conference in Lahore, where he labelled a question posed to him as ‘pathetic’. The incident triggered a protest by the media outside the dressing room demanding an apology from the 35-year-old. Flower, who is working as an assistant coach for Peshawar Zalmi in the Pakistan Super League, insisted that he knows Afridi fairly well and that newspaper reports could be misleading, The Dawn reported. READ: Shahid Afridi wants Pakistan to improve T20I performances following series loss to New Zealand
We failed to fulfill what was expected of us in the Twenty20 series in New Zealand. We did win the first game but in the last two we didn’t show the right kind of fighting spirit,” Afridi told AFP. Afridi said his team was running out of time before the major events. “If we don’t learn from our mistakes and lift our performances then we will struggle in the Asia Cup and then the World Twenty20,” said Afridi.
Afridi, who has retired from Tests and one-day matches, urged the cricket authorities to reform the domestic structure of the game. “We have to improve our system, especially we have to revive school cricket from where we can get talented players who should be groomed at the academy and that is very necessary for our future,” he added.
This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Strictly Necessary Cookies
Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings.
If you disable this cookie, we will not be able to save your preferences. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again.