Captain misses top-level meeting on Friday
Younis met Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, on Thursdayin Lahore and Butt then presided over a meeting on Friday with the chairman of selectors, Iqbal Qasim, the coach Intikhab Alam, the team manager Yawar Saeed, associate manager Shafqat Rana, and the team’s vice-captain Shahid Afridi. **Younis had been invited, but had informed the chairman that he would not be able to make it. **
Butt told Cricinfo. “I will not comment on either meeting but will say only that today’s meeting was a regular debriefing of the kind we hold after big series and tournaments. We wanted to address issues and concerns arising out of the Champions Trophy. **Younis had told me he would not be able to attend so there is nothing in his absence.” **