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‘PCB still ‘undecided’ over Misbah’s replacement as Test captain,’ says Shaharyar Khan

LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shaharyar Khan on Monday said that the board has not yet decided to replace Test Skipper Misbah-ul-Haq as captain.

The 42-year-old is expected to retire from the helm after the New Zealand and Australia tours

Shaharyar said that a successor to the Misbah hasn’t been decided yet.

“We haven’t decided who will lead the Test side once Misbah steps down,” he said, “If the upcoming tours in Australia and New Zealand go well then we can even ask Misbah to continue leading the side for a while.”

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The PCB chief added that Misbah and Younus Khan have been performing well for Pakistan and are in contention to remain in the side.

However, he said, they are nearing their retirements and for the future of the team we must make preparations from now.”

Speaking about the second season of Pakistan Super League (PSL) taking place in 2017, Khan said that the league represents Pakistan on international forums.

Referring to PSL Chairman Najam Sethi’s statement saying the T20 league would become an independent entity, separate from the PCB, Khan said that the board itself gave permission for this to happen.

“The league authorities feel that they will enjoy more freedom as an independent company as they will be able to take administrative decisions on their own. They can certainly do that as long as there are no violations of PCB rules. This decision was made by the Board of Governors,” he said.

 

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M M Alam

M. M. Alam is a Pakistan-based working journalist since 1981. Karachi University faculty gold medalist Alam began his career four decades ago by writing for Dawn, Pakistan’s highest circulating English daily. He has worked for region’s leading publications, global aviation periodicals including Rotors (of USA) and vetted New York Times as permanent employee of daily Express Tribune. Alam regularly covers international aviation and defense-related events including Salon Du Bourget (France), Farnborough (United Kingdom), Dubai (UAE). Alam has reported thousands of events and interviewed hundreds of people in Pakistan, UAE, EU, UK and USA. Being Francophone Alam also coordinates with a number of French publications.