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‘Don’t make a joke of yourself’: Former Pakistan cricketer Rashid Latif lashes out at PCB

Lahore | ByIndo Asian News Service
Dec 08, 2019 11:05 AM IST

In the Green Brigade’s recent concluded Test series against Australia, Naseem Shah, 16, made his debut for the senior team before he was selected into the Pakistan U-19 team for the Youth World Cup last week.

Former Pakistan skipper and wicketkeeper Rashid Latif has slammed the country’s national cricket board over the players’ age fudging controversy. In a tweet, Latif urged the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to refrain from making a joke of itself. In the Green Brigade’s recent concluded Test series against Australia, Naseem Shah, 16, made his debut for the senior team before he was selected into the Pakistan U-19 team for the Youth World Cup last week.

File image: Pakistan's Naseem Shah, center, celebrates with his team after getting the wicket of Australia's David Warner during their cricket test match in Brisbane.(AP)
File image: Pakistan's Naseem Shah, center, celebrates with his team after getting the wicket of Australia's David Warner during their cricket test match in Brisbane.(AP)

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Taking to Twitter, the 51-year-old wrote: “Pakistani Cricket Team’s players are going to U-19s. U-19s are going to U-16s, U-16s to U-13s & U-13s back to their mothers’ laps. For God’s sake PCB, correct the ages & don’t destroy (your reputation) by working with crooked diploma doctors, don’t make a joke of yourself.”

Meanwhile, former Pakistan opener and ex-chief selector Mohsin Khan also raised his voice over Shah’s selection in the U-19 squad.

“It just shows that we are not developing players at the junior level and instead focus on winning events. Imagine a Test player playing alongside youngsters in the Junior World Cup. What impression does it create of Pakistan cricket,” Khan opined.

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Pakistan had lost the Test series against hosts Australia 2-0.

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