Islamabad: Former captain Shahid Afridi has been appointed interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s selection committee. Afridi was moved to the new position ahead of the NZ series. Former players Haroon Rashid, Abdul Razzaq and Rao Iftikhar Anjum will be there to help Afridi.
Afridi’s first task is to disband the test team selected by ousted president Mohammad Wasim and his team. Pakistan suffered a complete defeat in the three-test series at home to England.
PCB said making Afridi the chairman of the selection committee was a good decision. This was stated by the spokesman of the management committee, Najam Sethi. Afridi was an aggressive cricketer. He has 20 years of cricket experience and has won big in all formats. Najam Sethi also said that he supports young talent.
The squad for the upcoming two-match test series against New Zealand at home has already been announced. Mohammad Wasim announced the squad. The test series against New Zealand will begin on the 26th. New Zealand will also play a three-match ODI series in January. Abdul Razzaq who used to be a Pakistani all-rounder is coming to the selection committee from the position of coach of Central Punjab team.
Rao Iftikhar was a coach at PCB’s National High Performance Center in Lahore. The 42-year-old Afridi played 27 Tests, 398 ODIs and 99 Twenty20s for Pakistan. Afridi holds the record for being the youngest bowler to take a century and take five wickets in Tests. Afridi scored his century at the age of 18 years and 333 days. His first five-wicket haul was aged 18 years and 235 days.
