Afridi retired, PCB ended his contract for violating code of conduct

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Former skipper Pakistan cricket team Shahid Khan Afridi has announced retirement from international cricket here late on Monday, Express News reported.Afridi told Geo News television he could no longer perform for a cricket board that did not respect its senior players."I have decided to retire from international cricket because I am not in a mental frame of mind to continue playing under this board," the 31-year-old said.Afridi, who retired from tests last year but continued to lead the team in limited-over cricket, was removed as one-day skipper earlier this month by the Pakistan Cricket Board.His replacement, Misbah-ul-Haq, subsequently led the team to a 2-0 series win in Ireland.After returning from this year's 3-2 one-day series victory in West Indies, Afridi complained of interference in his work.On Monday, the hard-hitting batsman and leg-spin bowler told Geo News there were "disgraceful" people in the board who could not tolerate outspoken people like him."I can't work with such people. To me self-respect is more important than anything else and this board has no respect for me," he said.Afridi added that during his spell as one-day captain he was not consulted over squad selection and did not know until the last minute if he would be retained as skipper."There was no respect shown to me although I picked up a ragged and scandal-hit team and built it up into a fighting unit. We reached the 50-over World Cup semi-finals (this year) and the reward they gave me was the sack," he said."They sacked me without telling me. No one bothered to even speak to me."There is a particular lobby of people ... who don't want me in the team perhaps because I don't fit into their scheme of things. They have poisoned the chairman (Ijaz Butt) against me."
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Tuesday suspended the central contract of former one-day captain Shahid Afridi, who had announced his retirement from international cricket, a board statement said. At the same time it revoked all no-objection certificates (NOCs) for the player, meaning he will not be officially permitted to play abroad, the PCB said. Afridi, a hugely popular big-hitting all-rounder, had been expected to play for Hampshire in the Twenty20 league in England next month, and also in the Sri Lanka Premier League a month later. "PCB has initiated action against Afridi in response to the multiple breaches he has committed under the central contract signed with PCB," the statement said. The PCB said Afridi must explain within seven days why he levelled allegations against the Board.
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