Afridi ruled out of Hampshire stint

Shahid Afridi said he was "disappointed" to be missing out on playing for defending champions Hampshire in this season's English county Twenty20 competition after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) effectively banned him from playing abroad.
The all-rounder is currently in England to play in the Twenty20 league for Hampshire, but did not take the field Wednesday after the England and Wales Cricket Board ruled him ineligible following the PCB withdrawing permission.
"I am disappointed," Afridi told AFP on Wednesday, hours before Hampshire were due to begin the defence of their title against Somerset in a repeat of last season's final.