The Pakistan Cricket Board (printed circuit board) has appointed former cricketers Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Salman Butt as consultative members to work alongside chief selector Wahab Riaz. The board made the hiring announcement on Friday, December 1.
These three former cricketers will immediately take up their role as advisory members on the selection committee. The trio’s first assignment will be Pakistan’s five-match T20I series against New Zealand, following the conclusion of the three-match Test series in Australia.
PCB releases official statement on Friday
The board issued a brief statement on the appointments of Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Salman Butt as consulting members. The board mentioned that consulting members may be assigned other tasks when they are not involved in selection tasks.
“The PCB has confirmed the appointment of former Pakistan cricketers Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Salman Butt as consulting members to chief selector Wahab Riaz,” the PCB said in a statement.
“All three have assumed their responsibilities on the selection committee with immediate effect. Their first assignment as consulting members to the chief selector includes the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand, starting on January 12, 2024, following the conclusion of the Test tour to Australia.”
“When not involved in recruiting duties, consulting members may be assigned additional duties, such as conducting skills camps.”
The trio’s experience in international cricket
Kamran Akmal played 53 Tests, 157 ODIs and 58 T20Is, scoring 6,871 runs and securing 453 dismissals behind the stumps. He was a crucial member of the Pakistan team that won the T20 World Cup in 2009. He also served as chairman of the PCB Youth Selection Committee.
Rao Iftikhar played a brief international career with one Test, 62 ODIs and 2 T20Is between 2004 and 2010, taking 78 wickets. Iftikhar was part of a three-man committee during the appointment of Shahid Afridi as interim chief selector alongside Abdul Razzaq last year.
Salman Butt, who played 33 Tests, 78 ODIs and 24 T20Is, scoring a total of 5209 runs across the formats with 11 international centuries, will take up an official role in PCB since his return from a long ban due to his involvement in the fixing scandal of points from 2010.
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