“I believe we have an opportunity to show all the world that we’re not only a World Cup T20 side but we can also play one-day [cricket]. I am here for national duty and I won’t leave it”, thenews.com quoted Inzamam as saying during a press conference.
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“At the moment no one has approached me for any position in the board but yes if I am approached and invited to head the PCB I will not back down”, he said.
The 46 year old resigned as Afghanistan coach on Sunday to take on his new job, arguably among the most thankless in the sport with the holder routinely turfed out following the team’s failure in a high profile event.
Abbas said that the recent performances of the Pakistan team had been disappointing for everyone but there was talent in the country and there was a need to set the system right.
After years of negotiations and backdoor diplomacy, the PCB was successful in convincing Zimbabwe to play in Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium in 2015.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on 18 April 2016 appointed former Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as the new chief selector of the team.
“It’s the start, I don’t have a magic wand”, Inzamam told reporters.
The legends invoked the recommendations proposed by the CARICOM review during a meeting with Grenada Premier Keith Mitchell who heads the Prime Ministerial Committee to clean up the mess which ensued after West Indies withdrew from a tour of India mid-way in October 2014. Soon after the World Twenty20, Coach Waqar Younis quit and wicketkeeper Sarfraz Ahmed replaced Shahid Afridi as Twenty20 captain.
“I bat at five, six sometimes so one day I hope that I can be batting at number three for four, or even opening the batting for West Indies”. “I will try my best to be on the same page with captains and coach of the team for better results”.
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Although some of these former players have voiced opposition against the WICB in the past two decades, this is the first time they have formed a united front of opposition.
