Afridi refuses to apologise before committee, accepts mistake

Pakistan News: Back to square one? NOC will be granted but his International future is still in clouds

As per the compromise between Ijaz Butt and Shahid Afridi, the former has formally submitted himself before the disciplinary committee formed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). The committee is expected to announce its verdict – some sort of punishment for Afridi for breaching the Code of Conduct – later today, and then most likely Afridi would be re-issued the NOC required for him to play abroad.

"I admit I have made mistakes but the circumstances forced me to do things. But I have not apologised to the committee," Afridi said after the meeting. "Whatever decision the committee takes it will be acceptable to me. I had outlined all the reasons and circumstances that led to my dispute with the Board and strained relations within the team management," he said.

He was asked to explain his outbursts while landing at home after the ODI leg of the tour to West Indies. Instead, he announced ‘conditional’ retirement from the game as he felt hard done by.

It seems that situation is back to where it was when Afridi was issued the show-cause notice. But now, as the compromise has been reached, the events would proceed as a formality. There is, interestingly, no indication about Afridi’s future in international cricket as he has not taken his retirement back.