<p>"Shahid Afridi has violated the central contract," the notice reads. "He is barred from giving any interviews to the media without prior consent of the PCB chairman," it added.<br /><br />Afridi, Pakistan's one-day and T20 captain, had given an interview to Express TV Sunday in which he expressed reservations over the team selection for the forthcoming series against South Africa.<br /><br />"The selection committee had discussed the probables for the England tour with me, but I don't know what happened this time around", Afridi had said. "It's better to sit down and sort these issues out instead of indulging in a blame game later on," he argued in the interview.<br /><br />This is the latest controversy to hit Pakistan cricket, already engulfed by several controversies, including suspension of three players on spot-fixing allegations in August.<br /><br />Salman Butt, captain of the Test team during Pakistan's England tour, is amongst the suspended players, alongwith pacers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer. The team had to find a new captain for the Test team in the form of the previously discarded batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.<br /><br />"The board has moved illogically in issuing this show-cause notice," former Test cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz said, adding that the chairman is trying to find scapegoats to cover up the board's own follies.</p>
<p>"Shahid Afridi has violated the central contract," the notice reads. "He is barred from giving any interviews to the media without prior consent of the PCB chairman," it added.<br /><br />Afridi, Pakistan's one-day and T20 captain, had given an interview to Express TV Sunday in which he expressed reservations over the team selection for the forthcoming series against South Africa.<br /><br />"The selection committee had discussed the probables for the England tour with me, but I don't know what happened this time around", Afridi had said. "It's better to sit down and sort these issues out instead of indulging in a blame game later on," he argued in the interview.<br /><br />This is the latest controversy to hit Pakistan cricket, already engulfed by several controversies, including suspension of three players on spot-fixing allegations in August.<br /><br />Salman Butt, captain of the Test team during Pakistan's England tour, is amongst the suspended players, alongwith pacers Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Aamer. The team had to find a new captain for the Test team in the form of the previously discarded batsman Misbah-ul-Haq.<br /><br />"The board has moved illogically in issuing this show-cause notice," former Test cricketer Sarfraz Nawaz said, adding that the chairman is trying to find scapegoats to cover up the board's own follies.</p>