PCB appoints new chief selector replaces Shahid Afridi – Details Here

ISLAMABAD — The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) appointed former middle-order batter Haroon Rasheed as chief selector on Monday.

In a press conference in Lahore, PCB Management Committee Chairman Najam Sethi, the chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), told reporters on Monday that Haroon will be heading the new selection committee but the remaining members would be decided later.

Najam Sethi made it clear that negotiations with Mickey Arthur were still going on and in next two or three days a final announcement would be made on the new head coach of the Pakistan team.

Rasheed will replace Shahid Afridi, who had been appointed interim chief selector ahead of Pakistan’s second test match against New Zealand late last month.

The cricket management committee had named Shahid Afridi as interim chief selector soon after coming into power, and Sethi had wanted him to continue on long-term basis but the former all-rounder refused, insisting he had lot of commitments with his foundation and charity work.

Rasheed previously served as chief selector in 2015-16 and also played 23 test matches and 12 ODIs for Pakistan from 1977-83. He has also served as the PCB’s director of cricket operations and as the national team’s manager.