Karachi, February 01: A defiant Shahid Afridi today made a startling allegation that every team indulges in ball-tampering even though felt he should not have done it.
Banned for two Twenty20 Internationals for biting the ball during the fifth and final ODI against Australia in Perth, Afridi said ball-tampering was nothing new and that only his method was wrong.
“There is no team in the world that doesn’t tamper with the ball,” said Afridi in his defence.
“My methods were wrong. I am embarrassed, I shouldn’t have done it. I just wanted to win us a game but this was the wrong way to do it,” Afridi was quoted as saying by the local media.
Caught on camera biting the ball during the Perth ODI, Afridi said he was only trying to help the bowlers but ended up doing it the wrong way.
“I shouldn’t have done it. It just happened.
–Agencies