Shaheen Shah Afridi injury update

Injured Pakistan quick Shaheen Shah Afridi will complete rehabilitation for his knee injury in London. The PCB has said he is expected to regain complete fitness before the T20 World Cup in October though his return to cricket will be decided by the board's medical advisory panel. The decision represents a reversal of the PCB's initial plan, who had initially said Afridi would travel with the team while undergoing rehab.

Afridi sustained the right knee ligament injury while fielding during the first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle in July. He has been kept on the sidelines ever since, but he did travel with the team - and some doctors as well - to the Netherlands for a three-match ODI series in August.

Ahead of their departure to Rotterdam, Babar Azam said Afridi would play no more than one match. Still, he went on that tour, and it was in the middle of it that the seriousness of the injury emerged. Afridi was ruled out of both the Asia Cup and a seven-match T20I series at home against England in September.

"Shaheen Shah Afridi requires uninterrupted, dedicated knee specialist care and London offers some of the best sports medical and rehabilitation facilities in the world," PCB's chief medical officer Najeebullah Soomro said in a release issued by the board on Monday. "In the best interest of the player, we have decided to send him there.

"The medical department will receive daily feedback on his progress whilst in London and we are confident Shaheen will return to full fitness before the ICC Men's T20 World Cup."

In recent years, 22-year-old Afridi has established himself as Pakistan's frontline bowler across all three formats, and alongside Babar, is Pakistan's best known and most marketable cricketer. He has tended to play most of Pakistan's internationals, providing the team with serious wicket-taking threat, especially in the Powerplay.

Pakistan missed him in their Asia Cup opener on Sunday, where India were able to recover from a bit of early damage during a chase of 148. Afridi has previous with India having wrecked their top-order in the 2021 T20 World Cup. Overall, he has 47 wickets in 40 T20Is, and has played at least 25 internationals in all three formats since his debut in 2018.

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Flood victims are living at roads, says CM Murad Ali Shah

KARACHI: Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah in a meeting on flood emergency on Thursday said that flood victims of Sindh are living at roads, ARY News reported. Presiding over a session on flood emergency and relief, Shah stressed on the need for prompt purchase of ration to provide relief to the victims of flood disaster. “I have visited several districts of Sindh, flood has damaged katcha houses, crops, roads and government buildings,” Murad Ali Shah said. He directed for assessment of losses through the union councils and providing necessary items to the affected people. “Tents are immediately required to provide the flood victims, the Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) has given an order for provision of 1,86,000 tents,” chief minister said. He said shelter less flood victims of Sindh have started living at roads. Chief Minister asked the Corps V to extend help in procurement of tents, “we will provide fund for it.” The meeting also decided that the Corps V will also extend help to the Sindh government in distribution of relief items.

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Babar Azam says Shaheen Shah Afridi will be rested for at least two ODIs against Netherlands

Pakistan captain Babar Azam has said the team is looking to manage Shaheen Shah Afridi's "long-term workload and health" as he recovers from a knee injury, with the aim of getting him ready in time for the Asia Cup.

"We're taking a couple of doctors on the way to take care of Shaheen," Babar said at a press conference before Pakistan's departure for the Netherlands. "We're looking long term at his fitness and health. We want him to play a game against Netherlands if he's fit and be ready for the Asia Cup. Our combination is quite good. In T20s the middle order responded well to challenges."

With Hasan Ali dropped from the side, that opens the door for lesser experienced fast bowlers to make their mark in the Netherlands, especially as Babar believes the conditions on offer will be similar to what England throws up, and therefore presumably suitable to fast bowlers. Haris Rauf, Shahnawaz Dahani, Naseem Shah and Mohammad Wasim are all part of the travelling contingent, and expected to be heavily involved in the three ODIs.

There will be particular interest in who Pakistan pick as their opening bowling pair, an area where, Afridi's reliable brilliance aside, Pakistan have been unsettled in the ODI format. Each of Rauf, Dahani and Wasim have taken the new ball at some point or another, and since the 2019 World Cup, so have Hasan Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Mohammad Amir and Usman Shinwari. Haris and Hasan, who have been tasked with this responsibility most regularly aside from Afridi, have the worst economy and strike rate with it. In Afridi's absence, that will be a weakness Babar hopes to address properly.

"Our fast-bowling bench strength is excellent," he said. "They've now got an opportunity to showcase their skills. This is how you expand your pool. I support Hasan Ali because he's a team man. Yes, he's not in form, but it's not like he has to prove anything. Domestic cricket is coming up. He'll play that and make a strong comeback hopefully.

"We have 11 trump cards. Each of them can be matchwinners on their day. I have faith in every one of them, whether batters of bowlers. I think the conditions will be similar to England. The weather will be cooler. We practiced with the air conditioning on indoors, perhaps that helps simulate the conditions! We couldn't practice much because of the rains, but we got a practice match in, which gives you a good sense of conditions."

Babar also appeared to pour cold water on murmurs of a return to the side for veteran Shoaib Malik ahead of the Asia Cup and T20 World Cup, emphasising the importance of backing young players who had been assigned to replace him.

"The team has been announced after discussions with everyone. We met with the coach and chief selector and did what was best for Pakistan. There are matches immediately after Netherlands, so it's unlikely there will be time for changes.

"When senior players leave the side, those replacing them need focus. Hafeez and Malik were huge players and we'll miss them a lot, and players like Asif Ali, Khushdil Shah and Iftikhar need to fill their boots. We want to give them plenty of matches and confidence, and these players have performed. We're also looking to utilise Shadab Khan's batting, because batting depth is very useful in T20 cricket now.

"We're not going to just rest our senior players, we'll play with a combination of senior and junior players. There are important Super League points at stake which we can't lose. I'm going to the Netherlands for the first time, too. If things go badly after we field young players, we'll cop criticism then, too. Everyone won't be happy with our decisions, but we have to do what's best for Pakistan cricket."

Babar, or indeed any of his team-mates, may want for nothing or need no introduction in Pakistan, but that is emphatically not true of other athletes in the country who happen to pursue a sport not called cricket. Babar paid rich tribute to Pakistan's most successful athletes at the Commonwealth Games, where the country came away with a gold medal each in weightlifting and javelin throwing. He called on increased support to athletes across sports, bemoaning the facilities they enjoyed as being "not good enough".

"I was very proud to see Noah Dastagir and Arshad Nadeem win gold medals. There's so much respect for how much hard work they put in. You cannot praise them enough. But you need to give them better facilities. I saw the conditions they were practicing in, and I think that was unacceptable. When you give the athletes better facilities, they'll win many more gold medals."

Danyal Rasool is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo. @Danny61000

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Bushra threatened me to not attend court hearing or I will lose my life: Dania Shah

Dania Shah and Bushra Iqbal. — Instagram

• Dania alleges Bushra Iqbal delaying her husband's postmortem.
• She says Aamir Liaquat's postmortem should and will take place.
• Dania adds Bushra spreading rumours through Aamir's phone.

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Dania Shah, the third wife of popular TV host and anchor Aamir Liaquat Hussain, has said that her husband's postmortem should and will take place.

Taking to Instagram, Dania said that her husband's former wife Bushra Iqbal was delaying the postmortem, alleging that she was threatening her to not come to the hearing or she will lose her life. 

"Postmortem will and should take place and everything will be cleared. There must be a reason why [Bushra] is delaying the postmortem," said Dania. 

She went on to say that Bushra was gaining the media's attention and trying to act helpless.

Expressing her anger against Bushra, Dania said that she was spreading rumours by using Aamir's phone. "You [Buhsra] have looted Aamir in the name of your children. Where were you when his video was leaked?" she asked. 

The 18-year-old further said that she has the right to get the postmortem done and she will get the matter investigated.

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