PCB picks 10 legends for tour of India

By Babar Malik

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (TheSportsNEXT) November 3, 2012: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) picked Saturday a 10-man delegation of former cricketing legends, who will represent Pakistan as goodwill ambassadors during tour of India in December.

The selected players include Hanif Mohammad, Imtiaz Ahmed, Majid Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Mushtaq Mohammad, Imran Khan, Javed Burki, Wasim Bari, Intikhab Alam and Sadiq Mohammad.

PCB selected players on the basis of their debuts in 50s, 60s, and 70s and said it would continue the process in the times to come.

The PCB issued a statement Saturday which explained the legends selection criteria. It stated, “These players will be goodwill ambassadors for Pakistan Cricket and can help in improving the cricketing relations between two countries”.

However, nothing good in Pakistan cricket comes without a controversy or blame-game. Some of the cricket journalists and former cricketers have criticized on their selection of legends which ignored legends like Asif Iqbal, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Rashid Latif, Moin Khan, and Javed Miandad.

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PCB renews contracts of its 50 employees

By Ubaid Awan

KARACHI (TheSportsNext) September 4, 2012: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), on Tuesday, renewed contracts of about 50 of its non-permanent employees and appointed former wicketkeeper Wasim Bari as Instructor for Game Education.

 

As per the details, a number of former cricketers including former leg-spin maestro Abdul Qadir managed to keep their presence at the cricket board by winning the contractual jobs.

Contracts of these employees had expired on June 30, 2012.

Abdul Qadir has been given the responsibility of taking care of grass-roots cricket while Wasim Bari was handed the job as Instructor of Game Education.

Most of these employees have been offered contractual jobs spanning over three months, six months, a month, and a year.

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