Lahore: Beleaguered Pakistan coach Intikhab Alam on Sunday termed Shahid Afridi's ball tampering incident as unfortunate and said it was one of the blackest day in world cricket.

"It was a most unfortunate incident and it damaged the image of Pakistan," Intikhab told the media on Sunday. "It was a black day for cricket."

However, Alam backed Afridi's claim that ball tampering is a universal thing but said his way of doing it was wrong.