LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Friday announced that former Test spinner Iqbal Qasim will chair the PCB Cricket Committee, which will meet on a quarterly basis. In a press release, the cricket board said, Iqbal will lead the panel which includes former cricketer Wasim Akram, chief selector and representative of women’s cricket Urooj Mumtaz, former cricketer Umar Gul and former Test opener Ali Naqvi. Additionally, PCB Chief Executive Wasim Khan and Director International Cricket Zakir Khan will serve as “coopted members” of the committee. According to the press release, the committee will advise PCB Chairman Ehsan Mani on cricketing matters and will hold the power to invite the relevant individuals to quarterly meetings to “assist as part of its evaluation, assessment and recommendation process”. “I welcome all the distinguished members in this PCB Cricket Committee and look forward to working with them.

Source: Pakistan Today January 31, 2020 14:15 UTC