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Shahid Afridi, Pakistan's recently axed one-day captain has announced his "conditional" retirement from the international game, as a mark of protest against the approach he has been "humiliated" by the PCB. However, Afridi said he was able to reverse his call if and when a replacement board came into power. (Also Read: PCB to debate Waqar-Afridi spat in details | Afridi referred to as Akram for advice day before being sacked)

 "There is nothing larger than a man's respect, and therefore the approach the board has treated me, there's a limit to everything," Afridi was quoted as saying by Geo TV in Pakistan and by the Jang newspaper. "I won't play underneath this board. If a unique board comes in, i will be able to undoubtedly come back however I cannot play underneath this board. After you are humiliated like this, by dishonourable folks, what's the purpose in taking part in on? (Also Read: Afridi pulls out of eire series)

 "The approach i have been treated ... the longer term does not look too sensible. If cannot play underneath a board that does not respect its players. Attributable to this, underneath protest, this can be a conditional retirement.

"I wasn't told something once I was created captain, I wasn't given a tenure, I wasn't told what my squad would be, nothing. I took a broken team in conjunction with me. Perhaps I actually have become a thorn in their throats. It’s higher that I step aside for currently as I actually have respect for myself."

 The retirement follows on the heels of Afridi's sacking as ODI captain despite Pakistan's 3-2 success against West Indies. Though the board failed to offer official reasons for the removal, it absolutely was believed to be the results of growing variations Afridi had with Coach Waqar Younis, especially over matters of choice.

 "We had terribly solid reasons to get rid of Afridi and that i can reveal them when the time is true," PCB chairman Ijaz Butt had said. "We haven't taken this action with none reasons."

 On his come back from the Caribbean, Afridi mentioned matters with Waqar, saying, "Although the variations in team management don't seem to be such that couldn't be solved, I feel everybody ought to do his job and wish not interfere in other's work". That led to the board issuing him a showcause notice to clarify his remarks, and presumably fashioned a part of the explanations for his removal. Subsequently Afridi set to tug out of the 2 ODIs against Ireland; speculation was that he was sad over his ouster, though he said he had set to miss the series as a result of his father's ill-health. Pakistan has since gone on to win that series 2-0, though they were stretched within the second match.

Afridi isn't new to retirement. He 1st announced a brief sabbatical from take a look at cricket in April 2006, in an exceedingly bid to concentrate solely on ODIs within the lead-up to the 2007 World Cup. However he then said that he would rethink his 'retirement' when the planet Cup. He later came back to the facet, and even led Pakistan's take a look at facet at the beginning of their tumultuous tour of England last summer. He, however, once more retired from the longest format, as soon as Pakistan lost the primary take a look at against Australia at Lord's. Afridi was one in every of the culprits in Pakistan's spineless second-innings effort, holing out against part-timer Marcus North who ran through the line-up.

 "With my temperament i cannot play take a look at cricket," Afridi said then. "I wasn't inquisitive about taking part in take a look at cricket however the board asked me to travel and take a glance as they did not have a alternative. However I wasn't very enjoying take a look at cricket however i attempted. I wasn't adequate. A captain ought to lead by example that I failed to."

 Afridi was replaced by the then vice-captain Salman Butt, who held the reins till he was ousted following the spot-fixing scandal, at that stage Misbah took charge of the take a look at facet. Afridi remained at the helm within the shorter versions, and led from the front as Pakistan outperformed within the lead-up to, and during, the 2011 World Cup.

Afridi is currently in England and is about to play for Hampshire within the Friends Provident t20. He will be accessible for the inaugural edition of the Sri Lankan Premier League, and can participate in domestic cricket in Pakistan.