I'M READY TO HELP PAKISTAN, BUT SOME PEOPLE DON'T WANT ME TO; WASIM

Former Pakistan skipper and cricket great, Wasim Akram is ready to help get Pakistan cricket back on its feet but he believes that some members of the cricket board don't want to see him doing this.

According to local media, there were reports that some members of the board of governors of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) didn't want the Chairman to consult him in cricket matters including in the fresh appointments to be made after the World T20.

Wasim while talking to a local news channel said, "Some members don't want the Chairman to consult me or seek my advice on appointment of a new coach, I think it is because they don't want to see anything improve in our cricket." He added, "I met with the Chairman for a short while at the Kolkata airport and that is all. But now I hear about this resistance to me being involved in Pakistan cricket." 

Wasim said he was what he was because of Pakistan cricket and not because of the cricket board. "I am always willing to help out Pakistan cricket and do my best to improve things. But if someone doesn't want this it means they don't want to see improvement in our cricket."

PCB chairman Shahryar Khan had told the media recently that he had spoken to Wasim Akram about appointing a foreign or local coach.