NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board on Friday appointed former pacer Wahab Riaz as the brand new chief selector after Inzamam-ul-Haq stepped down from the publish following allegations of a battle of pursuits.
Legendary batter and ex-captain Inzamam had resigned because the chairman of the nationwide choice committee on October 30 in the midst of the World Cup.
Inzamam’s resignation got here after the PCB initiated an inquiry to probe if his affiliation with an organization that manages a lot of nationwide workforce gamers amounted to battle of curiosity.
The 38-year-old Riaz’s first task shall be to pick out the squads for the Check tour of Australia and the T20I rubber in New Zealand.
Pakistan will play their Check collection in Australia from 14 December to 7 January and a five-match T20I away collection towards New Zealand from January 12 to 21.
The PCB is anticipated to announce the opposite nationwide selectors in a few days after consulting Riaz.
Riaz, who can be the sports activities advisor to the Punjab authorities, has not performed for Pakistan since 2020 however continues to be lively within the Pakistan Tremendous League and appeared in home Record A matches final 12 months.
The left-arm pacer, who has represented Pakistan in 27 Exams, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is, additionally performed in three successive World Cups, ending with 35 wickets.
The bowler mentioned he was honoured to imagine the position of chief selector and added the choice to contain former gamers in cricketing issues by the PCB is commendable and he’s prepared to work for the betterment of the game within the nation.
“Heading a range committee is a difficult job. Now we have a big Australia tour developing that’s a part of the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25 cycle and a T20I collection towards New Zealand that can permit us to develop a formidable unit main as much as the ICC T20 World Cup within the USA and West Indies in June subsequent 12 months,” he mentioned.
Riaz additionally spoke about his good rapport with the brand new director and head coach of the Pakistan workforce, former teammate Muhammad Hafeez.
“I’ve an excellent rapport with Hafeez and we shall be working carefully for the success of Pakistan cricket. My major purpose could be to present weightage to the highest performers in home cricket and announce well-rounded squads outfitted with the mandatory ability units. I’ll at all times be out there to the gamers for suggestions and recommendation.”
The PCB named a brand new chief selector after Inzamam resigned from the publish final month following PCB organising an inquiry committee to probe battle of curiosity allegations.
The PCB has shaped a five-member panel to probe Inzamam’s position within the firm — Yazoo Worldwide — the place he shares the identical agent who manages Babar Azam, pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan.
Although Inzamam resigned, he maintained that his affiliation with agent-and-partner Talha Rehmani had by no means affected or compromised his decision-making as a selector.
(With inputs from PTI)
Legendary batter and ex-captain Inzamam had resigned because the chairman of the nationwide choice committee on October 30 in the midst of the World Cup.
Inzamam’s resignation got here after the PCB initiated an inquiry to probe if his affiliation with an organization that manages a lot of nationwide workforce gamers amounted to battle of curiosity.
The 38-year-old Riaz’s first task shall be to pick out the squads for the Check tour of Australia and the T20I rubber in New Zealand.
Pakistan will play their Check collection in Australia from 14 December to 7 January and a five-match T20I away collection towards New Zealand from January 12 to 21.
The PCB is anticipated to announce the opposite nationwide selectors in a few days after consulting Riaz.
Riaz, who can be the sports activities advisor to the Punjab authorities, has not performed for Pakistan since 2020 however continues to be lively within the Pakistan Tremendous League and appeared in home Record A matches final 12 months.
The left-arm pacer, who has represented Pakistan in 27 Exams, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is, additionally performed in three successive World Cups, ending with 35 wickets.
The bowler mentioned he was honoured to imagine the position of chief selector and added the choice to contain former gamers in cricketing issues by the PCB is commendable and he’s prepared to work for the betterment of the game within the nation.
“Heading a range committee is a difficult job. Now we have a big Australia tour developing that’s a part of the ICC World Check Championship 2023-25 cycle and a T20I collection towards New Zealand that can permit us to develop a formidable unit main as much as the ICC T20 World Cup within the USA and West Indies in June subsequent 12 months,” he mentioned.
Riaz additionally spoke about his good rapport with the brand new director and head coach of the Pakistan workforce, former teammate Muhammad Hafeez.
“I’ve an excellent rapport with Hafeez and we shall be working carefully for the success of Pakistan cricket. My major purpose could be to present weightage to the highest performers in home cricket and announce well-rounded squads outfitted with the mandatory ability units. I’ll at all times be out there to the gamers for suggestions and recommendation.”
The PCB named a brand new chief selector after Inzamam resigned from the publish final month following PCB organising an inquiry committee to probe battle of curiosity allegations.
The PCB has shaped a five-member panel to probe Inzamam’s position within the firm — Yazoo Worldwide — the place he shares the identical agent who manages Babar Azam, pacer Shaheen Shah Afridi and wicketkeeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan.
Although Inzamam resigned, he maintained that his affiliation with agent-and-partner Talha Rehmani had by no means affected or compromised his decision-making as a selector.
(With inputs from PTI)
