Shaheen absent due to workload mgmt: Hafeez

Muhammad Hafeez

Muhammad Hafeez, Director of the Pakistan team, revealed that Shaheen Shah Afridi approached him with a request to take a break from the third and final Test against Australia at Sydney, contrary to the belief that it was the team management's decision to rest the left-arm pacer.

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"We took the decision to rest Shaheen and manage his workload because we didn't want his body to be adversely affected," Hafeez said after the third Test against Australia. The decision to rest Afridi for the final Test came as a surprise to the Pakistani cricket community.

"We felt it was best if we could give him a break and manage his workload. At this time, I wanted to make sure that no bowler's career is spoiled because their workload is not being managed," Hafeez said.

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