Pakistan's former Test and one-day cricket captain Shahid Afridi has announced his retirement from the international game.
Afridi, 31, was recently dumped as one-day captain, and resigned as Test skipper after a big loss in England last year.
Afridi has now fallen out with coach Waqar Younis, and says he will not play for Pakistan again unless there is a change in leadership at Board level.
Afridi told Geo News television he could no longer perform for a cricket board that did not respect its senior players.
"I have decided to retire from international cricket because I am not in a mental frame of mind to continue playing under this board," the 31-year-old said.
Afridi says as one-day captain he was not consulted over squad selection and no one bothered to speak to him before his sacking.
Afridi appeared in 27 tests, 325 one-day games and 43 Twenty20s for Pakistan.
He said he would continue to play domestic cricket and in overseas Twenty20 leagues.
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