PCB disbands national selection committees
June 30th, 2009 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Karachi, June 30 (IANS) The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Tuesday disbanded the national senior and junior selection committees with immediate effect.
The move was on the cards after former chief selector Abdul Qadir resigned midway during the World Twenty20 earlier this month citing differences with the PCB.
The board did not provide details on when the next panel of selectors would be named. “The interim selection committee will continue to function until further orders,” the board statement said.
Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, had appointed former Pakistan Test wicketkeeper Wasim Bari as the head of the interim selection committee. Bari had twice served as chief selector in the past.
Currently, the interim selection committee includes Pakistan captain Younis Khan, vice-captain Misbah-ul-Haq and coach Intikhab Alam.
Former Test players Salim Jaffer and Shoaib Mohammad, who were members of the senior selection committee, were stood down along with Mohammad Ilyas, the head of the junior selection panel.
Bari selected the 15-member squad for the three-Test series away to Sri Lanka with coach Intikhab, Younis Khan and Misbah.
It was during the stint of Nasim Ashraf as the PCB chief that the board started paying the national selectors. Sources said it has been decided in principle that the new selectors will be appointed on a honorary basis.
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