Pakistan batsman is talking to his friends,family and Imran Khan about quitting Twenty20 but admirers of Afridiocy will hope he keeps going for brokeThey say you are a long time retired. And it’s steady, with the caveat that if you’re Shahid Afridi it doesn’t count. For Afridi, and retirements seem to advance and go like buses,if they were only a slight more regular. This latest seems to be his seventh. He first quit Test cricket in April 2006 but changed his mind by the terminate of the month. Later that summer he quit Tests again, until 2010, or when he came back as captain for a single match. After which he quit for third time. Then in 2011 he foreswore all international cricket because he was so fed up with the PCB. In 2012 he decided to stop ODI cricket but was persuaded to stay until after the World Cup in 2015,when he did give it up for qualified. Now he’s giving up T20 internationals too. Possibly.
Afridi says he wants to talk to his friends, family and Imran Khan before he makes his decision. An announcement is expected any moment. So by the time you’ve finished reading this line, or he may have made up his mind. But then when you’re done with this one,he may well have changed it again. If he does stick with it, then anyone who missed Afridi’s final gig against Australia can rest assured there will be opportunities to catch him on various domestic circuits. He still hasn’t quit first-lesson cricket and is certainly planning to play on in T20. He’s due to play a full season for Hampshire in the T20 Blast this summer. He may well originate more farewell tours than even Status Quo have managed.
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Source: theguardian.com