PCB approves a list not signed by selectors (7 Jul 1998)

7 July 1998

PCB approves a list not signed by selectors

By Our Sports Reporter

KARACHI, July 6: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) executive council approved the list of players for the Pakistan Under-19 team on Sunday which was not signed by any of the three selectors.

According to well placed sources in the cricket headquarters, the original list of 20 players finalised by the selectors was signed by the three selectors viz Abdul Raquib, Azhar Khan and Maazullah Khan.

An angry selector from the upcountry, requesting not be to quoted, confirmed that the team announced was not the one which was finalised by the selection committee.

"It did not include the names of Zahid Qayyum and Shakeel Nawaz. Instead, we had picked Shiraz Haider and Faisal Iqbal. I don't know how the team was changed," he said in a bitter tone.

The president of the Karachi City Cricket Association (KCCA) Nusrat Azeem, who attended Sunday's meeting, confirmed that the team was not signed by the selectors. "It was a plain sheet on which 20 names were written. We approved the first 15 believing that they were the unanimous choice of the selectors.

"The council requested that the selectors should also appear before the meeting to brief us on the players. They (selectors) were not called," Azeem said.

Azeem maintained that since there were no selectors, the council approved the team that was circulated by the chief executive and the secretary.

"After the meeting, I was told that the list has been tampered with. If the team has been changed, it is very sad and needs investigations. Whosoever is guilty of changing the side, should be disciplined," Azeem stated.

Source:: Dawn (https://dawn.com/)