Turned down BPL offer to avoid Amir, says Hafeez

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan batsman, has stated he'll no longer share a dressing room with any player who has tarnished the picture of Pakistan cricket. His assertion comes after an Urdu newspaper, Jang, reported that Hafeez had turned down a profitable provide from Bangladesh top-rated League franchise Chittagong Vikings to play in BPL 2015-16, due to the fact Chittagong have Mohammad Amir in their squad.

“i am now not towards any people,” stated Hafeez. “it's miles approximately the photo of Pakistan cricket. I can't play with any participant who has tarnished and brought a awful call to the u . S .. However, sure, if some other crew offered me the contract with true money I may want to certainly play the BPL. Otherwise I decide upon playing for my domestic crew, SNGPL, in Quaid-e-Azam trophy at home.

“this is my non-public opinion and this isn't always pretty much Pakistani gamers, it’s about all players. We play for the public and entertain them with a sporting spirit, and as soon as a person abuses the role he has to play in the game… I cannot play and proportion a dressing room with such players who have abused the spirit of the game.”

It turned into reported through the newspaper that Hafeez became down a proposal of around Rs 10 million from Chittagong. The franchise, however, denied extending any provide to the batsman. He was now not selected inside the drafting process whilst different Pakistan gamers have been chosen inside the draft and big-call gamers like Misbah-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi were signed out of doors the draft.

Hafeez said he had obtained the provide thru an agent, without revealing any names he said he does no longer have an extraordinary agent however the provide got here thru various sources. “I didn’t get a right away provide from the BPL team but some agent got here up with the offer and that i grew to become it down handiest because I didn’t need to share a dressing room with that participant,” Hafeez said. “in any other case i'm open to gambling for another group.”

this is the primary time a participant from the Pakistan group has publically objected to playing with a tainted player. There were reports that Ahmed Shehzad had previously objected to playing with Amir as well, but check captain Misbah has been seen mingling with Amir, Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif at country wide Cricket Academy nets in Lahore. PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan additionally previously said that there were some gamers who did now not want to play with these three, who had been located responsible of spot-fixing within the Lord’s check of 2010, however had their bans lifted this yr as consistent with ICC protocol.

Misbah said Hafeez changed into welcome to his private opinion, however he felt the BPL would be an excellent gauge to see how Amir measures up against pinnacle-class players after returning to domestic cricket this year. “it's far pretty a great deal his private selection,” Misbah said. “[But] I think a higher decide of that is the ICC and PCB. And specifically the target market, the supporters, they really need to determine.

“For Amir, I suppose it’s suitable for him. He has been gambling domestic cricket, so it’s a tournament in which he can share the enjoy of some of the worldwide gamers and notice where he is in the meanwhile.”