Afridi acceptable to advance Pakistan in Asia Cup

Contrary to letters that opener Salman Butt is set for captaincy for the Asia Cup, the Pakistan Candid Lath (PCB) is acceptable to absorb all-rounder Shahid Afridi as skipper for the four-nation clash in Sri Lanka.

Sources told IANS Friday that Afridi is all set to advance Pakistan in the Asia Cup to be played in Dambulla June 15-25. He has been summoned to Lahore May 25 for a affair with civic selectors, aggregation administration and PCB administrator Ijaz Butt. Pakistan is acceptable to adjudge its aggregate for the Asia Cup at the meeting.

Meanwhile, speaking on the Asia Cup, Afridi was assured that Pakistan can win the crown.

'We accept a actual acceptable one-day aggregation which is why I'm abiding Pakistan will go into the clash as a appellation contender,' he said. 'But it would be abundant if the aggregation goes to Sri Lanka with this (match-fixing) affair bound so that everybody can focus on arena cricket.'

It was appear that the PCB was because authoritative 25-year-old Butt as the new Pakistan captain. However, it has been learnt that the lath will yield a final accommodation on it afterwards the Asia Cup just weeks afore Pakistan's chase bout of England that begins aboriginal July.

Pakistan is to play two Twenty20 Internationals and two Tests adjoin Australia in England in July followed by a abounding alternation adjoin hosts England that will cover four Tests, 5 One-day Internationals and a brace of Twenty20 games.