Islamabad, Oct 2(ANI): Former Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chief executive officer Colonel (retired) Rafi Nasim has said that retired fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar's recently-launched book is "a pack of nonsense in which the author has tried to portray himself a great cricketer and a 'saint' while dubbing others as troublemakers."
Shoaib has exploded a 'bomb' in the form of his autobiography 'Controversially Yours', to shake the cricket world, Colonel Nasim wrote in the Daily Times.
"As far as I know, Shoaib was one of the most ill disciplined players that Pakistan cricket ever had," he stated.
"Coming to his biography, he perhaps thought that the book will receive all the praise and he will be showered with bouquets of flowers, but to his dismay, the reverse has happened," the ex-PCB official said.
Colonel Nasim pointed out that Shoaib may be a hero of 178 wickets in 46 Tests and 247 wickets in 163 one-dayers, but his act of undermining other great players of the world and criticising Pakistan cricket is "utterly mean".
He noted that apart from confessing about ball tampering, Shoaib also revealed the secret of a Pakistan cricketer who actually changed a ball in the pocket of an umpire's coat hanging in the dressing room, in order to get more reverse swing.
"Such accusations on his own team members are not only unbecoming of a world renowned player like him, but also disloyalty to the game in general and Pakistan cricket in particular," he added.
Colonel Nasim also dismissed Shoaib's claim that his career was hampered by legendary pacer Wasim Akram, saying that Wasim had established himself as a world class pace bowler when Shoaib appeared on the international cricket scene.
Therefore, Shoaib "could not possibly pose a threat to Wasim. If they could not pull along with each other it must be due to Shoaib's misbehaviour," he maintained.
The ex-PCB official said that Shoaib may profess to be a saint, but the fact remains that he destroyed his own career for his follies and personal misconduct.
He went on to say that Shoaib's book is a clear reflection of the player's controversial nature, clearly indicating his lack of wisdom, maturity, diplomacy, loyalty with Pakistan, PCB, his teammates and the overall cricket world.
"Considering himself a saint he has downgraded every one else in the field of cricket. There could not be a bigger fool than Shoaib who got the book co-authored by an Indian lady writer and asked an Indian publisher to release the volume which contained stark criticism of the Indian players whom the people of India literally worship," he concluded. (ANI)
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