Pakistan Cricket Board appoints Ehsan Mani as official chairman
Cricket | September 04, 2018 19:03 ISTThe PCB took to its official Twitter handle and revealed that Mani was elected unopposed by the Board of Governors (BoG).
The PCB took to its official Twitter handle and revealed that Mani was elected unopposed by the Board of Governors (BoG).
The report came a day after the PCB demoted the right-hand batsman from Category A to Category B in its revised list of centrally contracted players.
Confirming the report on its official Twitter handle, the board subsequently decided to file a charge sheet against the Pakistani opener.
Javed Miandad said it was a shame that despite having good teams and exciting young talents, India and Pakistan do not compete against each other on regular basis.
The PCB said in a statement that Akmal should appear before its anti-corruption unit on Wednesday and explain his comments.
Hafeez, who has been cleared to bowl again in international cricket again, makes a comeback to the team after last playing in January in New Zealand.
After initially being contracted in May 2016 to serve for up to two years, PCB extended Arthur's contract as Pakistan head coach till the 2019 World Cup in October last year.
Just two weeks after being cleared to bowl by the ICC for the third time following a remedial bowling action, the PCB had issued a showcase notice to Hafeez to appear before its three-member disciplinary committee to explain his position.
The differences between Rixon and PCB have grown to such an extent that before the second Test against England at Leeds, Rixon refused to come with the team to the ground for a practice session.
The PCB has issued a notice to allrounder Mohammad Hafeez and asked him to explain his comments about the ICC rules on suspected illegal bowling actions.
The ICC gave a final shape to the FTP at the meeting in Kolkata but the current schedule does not include any Pakistan and India bilateral matches.
Hasan was however trolled on social media after the video of his antics had gone viral on the internet.
As per the newly drafted FTP, India have slots for Pakistan series, but it won't happen till the clearance comes from the Indian government.
Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed has defended the 16-man national squad for tours of Ireland and England as the "best of the best" despite criticism over the omission of batsman Fawad Alam.
The BCCI can only go ahead and play a bilateral series with Pakistan if the Central government permits.
It is learnt that the ICC has played a pivotal role to ensure that the PCB delegation faces no issue in getting visas amid the ongoing political tensions between the two countries.
PCB had appealed to ICC's Dispute Resolution Committee, accusing the BCCI of not honouring the Future Tours & Programme (FTP) commitment, which included an away series between the two sides.
The BCCI was represented by its CEO Rahul Johri, who placed the request during the meeting chaired by PCB chairman Najam Sethi.
The ICC meetings will also allow Pakistan and Indian board officials to look at existing relations.
This Pakistan player said he had been issued a visa for the visit to UAE where he was invited to play in a T20 tournament in Sharjah but wasn't allowed entry after he didn't carry all the documents.
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