Team management unlikely to budge on Shoaib

KARACHI (Agencies) - Even as the clamour for Shoaib Akhtar's inclusion in the Pakistan team for its high-voltage semi-final clash against India gains momentum, the team management seems hell bent on keeping the maverick pacer out of the playing XI. However, if a well-placed source in the Pakistan team is to be believed, the team management including skipper Shahid Afridi and coach Waqar Younis are not in favour of Shoaib playing in Mohali as they are irked by the maverick pacer's behaviour after the defeat to New Zealand in the league phase. "People don't know the situation within the team. After that match, Shoaib had behaved very badly with Kamran and other players, and the situation would have badly got out of hand if the manager and coach had not intervened," the source said.