'Not quitting, will keep playing domestic cricket' - Ajmal

Spin maestro Saeed Ajmal rejects PCB’s farewell offer

 ZEESHAN AHMED (source: Dawn.com)

KARACHI: Spin maestro Saeed Ajmal has rejected the Pakistan Cricket Board’s offer of a “fitting send-off”.

“I have no intention to quit one-day or Twenty20 cricket at the moment,” the 38-year-old spinner told Dawn on Tuesday. “I have worked really hard to stage a comeback and my performance in the National T20 Cup reflects that.”

PCB executive committee chairman Najam Sethi on Saturday tweeted from England, where he is on vacation, that Shahid Afridi along with Ajmal will be given fitting send-offs in a charity match.

 The Faisalabad-born spinner, who mastered the art of doosra, said the national selectors had asked him to work on his fitness and performance in the domestic circuit.

“I have proved my form and fitness. I am not quitting and will keep on playing domestic cricket,” he said. “I have played a key role in so many victories; the Board should give me a chance like the West Indies are giving to Sunil Naraine.”