Salman Butt appointed captain for England tour

Opening batsman Salman Butt was appointed captain of the Pakistan cricket team for the tour of England, on Saturday.

Salman Butt has been appointed as test captain and Kamran Akmal as vice captain of the team after retirement of Shahid Afrid from test cricket.

Sources said that Salman Butt was selected as captain following Chairman PCB Ejaz Butt’s meeting with team management and consultation with members of governing board.

Shahid Afridi made the decision that seemed inevitable from the day he took over as Test captain, by announcing his Test retirement immediately after leading his side to a 150 run loss against Australia at Lord's.

The second test match of the home series between Australian and Pakistan will start from July 21st in Leeds.