Ilyas Beg: Shafiq Papa to be selector (8 Aug 1997)
LAHORE, Aug 7: The former Test opener Shafiq Ahmad "Papa" has been appointed a national selector in place of another former Test cricketer Haroon Rashid, who had resigned from the selection committee after being made a coach of the Pakistan senior
08-Aug-1997
08 August 1997
Shafiq Papa to be selector
By Ilyas Beg
LAHORE, Aug 7: The former Test opener Shafiq Ahmad "Papa" has
been appointed a national selector in place of another former
Test cricketer Haroon Rashid, who had resigned from the
selection committee after being made a coach of the Pakistan
senior cricket team from the post of acoach of the junior side.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) secretary Waqar Ahmad formally
announced the decision of Shafiq's appointment on Thursday
afternoon although many quarters had been speculating about the
changefor many days. Shafiq had also served as a national
selector in 1993. Shafiq Ahmad "Papa" played regular cricket for
26 years from 1967 to 1993. He represented Pakistan in six Tests
and three one-day international matches. Shafiq had also played
three unofficialTests and as many unofficial one-day
international matches against Sri Lanka before the Island side
attained Test status. He has the honour of scoring the highest
number offirst-class centuries (73) by any Pakistani in the
country.
After retirement from active cricket, Shafiq Ahmad "Papa" has
been associated with The Management of the game in various
capacities. He has been a manger of the United bank (UBL) side.
Shafiq visited Bangladesh twice as an official ofthe Pakistan
"A" cricket team and the Pakistan under-19 team. He is
frequently seen on thecricket grounds of Lahore watching
first-class matches. He had also been associated with the
selection of the LCCA cricket teams.
Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)