After rejection from the Pakistan Cricket Board, former captain Shahid Afridi has approached his lawyer to find out a legal way to get permission to play for English county Hampshire.
The dumped captain Friday called his lawyers in a bid to secure permission to play county cricket in England that was denied amid a public slinging match.
“We have received a letter from legal firm Mandviwalla and Zafar Associates on behalf of Afridi and as per the rules we forwarded it to the disciplinary committee,” said a PCB official. Reports from sources close to Afridi claim that the letter was not a legal notice as such but a request for permission to play county cricket.
The PCB revoked all No-Objection Certificates issued to Afridi to play abroad, stopping him from playing for Hampshire in the Twenty20 league in England.
The PCB also suspended his central contract and salary, asking Afridi to appear before a three-man disciplinary committee on June 8.
Afridi was punished for violating the players’ code of conduct in announcing his retirement from international cricket and levelling allegations of mistreatment at the PCB.
“We have scheduled the hearing as soon as possible. It is now in the hands of the disciplinary committee. If it feels right it can give him clearance to play for Hampshire,” PCB official said.
