PCB constitutes 7-member selection committee afresh

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has constituted a new seven-member selection committee after reorganisation to make the key decisions regarding national cricket, Chairman Mohsin Naqvi said on Sunday.

Naqvi made the announcement during a press conference in Lahore, flanked by ex-cricketers Wahab Riaz, Muhammad Yousuf, Abdur Razzaq and Asad Shafiq, who will be the among the committee members.

The PCB chief said that the committee will not have a chairman and all seven members will have equal powers, and the decisions that will now be implemented would be backed by the majority of the members.

He said that the the committee was formed by keeping in consideration various factors. Other members of the committee will include a head coach, captain and an analyst, he added.

Naqvi said that there will be two to three coordinators but they will not have voting powers.

"This committee will decide every single decision from now on. They are our key players in the management who will make decisions and I am sure that they will give good results," said the PCB chairman.

The same selection committee will work for the Under 19 cricket, he added.

Speaking about the team's coaches, Naqvi said that the management was working on it. He said that the PCB was making a proper panel for the coaches which is in the final stages.

Naqvi said that there will be national as well as international coaches and will be finalised in four to five days. The chairman also talked about Pakistan pacer Haris Rauf, saying that his central contract has been restored.