'Messy' Pakistan cricket 'bores me to death': Shoaib Akhtar  

Pakistan’s legendary former pacer Shoaib Akhtar has revealed that the ‘messy’ system of Pakistan cricket ‘bores him to death’ because it has so many problems.  

The 45-year-old claimed that the whole country wanted to see him as part of the system except for 10 per cent of individuals who were against him.  

“There are a lot of problems with Pakistan cricket. It bores me to death when I talk about Pakistan cricket. Where do we start and where do we end? The whole thing is a mess. Thank God that I have never been part of this mess. The whole country wants it [for me to be part of it] but a specific 10 per cent don’t want Shoaib Akhtar to not come in,” Akhtar said.  

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The former speedster believed that Pakistan had no stars and needed a severe jolt in the system.  

“Who is a star in Pakistan cricket? Compare it to the team in 1999. People still know the names of the players in that team 20 years on. Their footage is still watched today. It is unfortunate. If you want to make a team like that again then you need that type of people. The system needs a complete revamp in the form of a jolt. I don’t know how that will happen with the people who are making the decisions. They are the ones making the decision and I don’t think they are making the right ones,” he concluded.