PCB restores Afridi permission to play abroad

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Pakistan’s Cricket Board reinstated a no-objection certificate Thursday, clearing former captain Shahid Afridi to join Hampshire in England’s Twenty20 tournament, a disciplinary committee said.
“The committee unanimously decided to fine him 4.5 million rupees ($53,000) for various breaches of the code of conduct,” Pakistan Cricket Board legal adviser Taffazul Rizvi announced on behalf of the committee.
“The committee also recommended his NOCs to play abroad be restored, which the Pakistan Cricket Board has endorsed,” said Rizvi.
Earlier today, Shahid Afridi refused to apologise to authorities after appearing before a disciplinary committee to face charges of misbehaviour.
The PCB said Afridi violated the players’ code of conduct, suspended his central contract and revoked permission for him to play abroad, preventing him from joining Hampshire in the ongoing Twenty20 league in England.
It summoned Afridi to appear before a three-man disciplinary committee in Lahore, where he said he had been forced into making a mistake.
“I accept my mistake but will not apologise. The committee has summoned me later Thursday and after their verdict I will speak to the media again,” he told reporters after the meeting.
The three-man committee is made up of former Test opener Shafiq Ahmed, Sultan Rana and Usman Wahla, and is expected to submit a report to the PCB.