Lahore, August 09: Former captain Zaheer Abbas came down heavily on the Pakistan team management for not playing Mohammad Yousuf, who has been urgently rushed to England to join the touring side.
”In the first place, I don’t understand what Yousuf is doing in England. If the need was so urgent that they rushed him to England at a short notice then he should have played in whatever condition he was in,” Abbas said.
The former Pakistan batsman, however, expressed his surprise over PCB’s decision to call up Yousuf, who had announced his retirement in March following the national side’s winless tour of Australia.
”It is a laughable situation calling a batsman out of retirement and who technically is still banned. What message did it convey to the young players in the touring squad that the board and management does not have confidence in them?” he asked.
Abbas was further unhappy with the way the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and the team management in England have handled things, and described it as ‘comical’.
”I don’t know what Yousuf is now doing in England. When he and Younis Khan were available why they were not selected in the team in the first place,” he was quoted as saying by ‘The News’.
–UNI