PCB suspended for mismanagement, claims Zaman (17 July 1999)

17 July 1999

PCB suspended for mismanagement, claims Zaman

Samiul Hasan

Karachi, July 16: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was suspended because of mismanagement, a member of the newly appointed adhoc committee said late Friday night.

Javed Zaman Khan said from Lahore that the Adhoc Committee was appointed because the Pakistan cricket team players showed indiscipline during the World Cup in England.

"Adhoc Committee is imposed either when the sport is declining or there is mismanagement at the top. With whatever has transpired in the last two months, I think it is nothing but indiscipline of the players which has led to the ouster of the setup," Zaman told Dawn.

Zaman said the Adhoc Committee would investigate the charges and in this context would also summon the manager and other people who were part of the tour management.

"We can also ask the manager to submit a detailed report," he said.

Zaman, however, said things would clear up when the chairman of the Adhoc Committee, Mujibur Rahman, returns from Dubai.

"He called me (on Friday evening) to inform about the decision of President Rafique Tarrar. When I inquired the reasons for the suspension of the board he replied that it was because of mismanagement and indiscipline of the players," Zaman said.

He agreed when asked if the recent allegations of match-fixing and betting could also be one of the factors. "But we are not going to intervene in the investigations of the Judicial Commission. It has a job in hand and it knows how to work." cricket associations."

Zaman minced no words in saying that the Foreign Office would be consulted before the Adhoc Committee gives a green-signal to Pakistan's future matches with India.

"But I think, the Adhoc Committee would honour all its international commitments as said by the outgoing PCB chairman Khalid Mahmood."

Source :: The Dawn (www.dawn.com)