{"id":22597,"date":"2023-11-08T18:20:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/inzamam-airs-grievances-against-pcb-after-resigning-as-chief-selector\/"},"modified":"2023-11-08T18:20:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-08T18:20:08","slug":"inzamam-airs-grievances-against-pcb-after-resigning-as-chief-selector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/inzamam-airs-grievances-against-pcb-after-resigning-as-chief-selector\/","title":{"rendered":"Inzamam airs grievances against PCB after resigning as chief selector"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Inzamamul Haq on Wednesday aired his grievances against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) days after resigning as the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>Haq had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1785026\/inzamamul-haq-steps-down-as-chief-selector-of-mens-cricket-team\">resigned<\/a> as chief selector last week after media reports claimed he had a stake in a player\u2019s management company registered with the PCB. The reports said several top players, including Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan, were associated with the company. The reports subsequently raised questions regarding the team selection process.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the situation during an interview on <em>Geo News<\/em> show <em>Capital Talk<\/em>, Haq said he had tendered his resignation not due to the team\u2019s less than satisfactory performance in the World Cup but after the PCB formed an inquiry committee to probe the allegations against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that if you had to investigate me or make an inquiry committee then you could have done so after the World Cup. I was still going to be here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said that ever since the 1992 World Cup, \u201cnon-cricketers\u201d blamed the players and absolved themselves of any culpability whenever the team\u2019s performance was not up to par.<\/p>\n<p>He also took issue with PCB chief Zaka Ashraf first being appointed for a period of four months before being given an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1786758\/appointments-in-question-as-zaka-led-pcb-committee-gets-three-month-extension\">extension<\/a> of another three.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat development work will you accomplish in four or three months? What actually happens is that when you\u2019re taking extensions of three to four months, you try to shift your things onto others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not saying it is his (Ashraf) fault but a person tries to save themselves\u201d and shift responsibility for his mistakes onto others, he said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  w-full  w-full  media--stretch  media--embed  \">\n<p><div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe title=\"Exclusive Interview With Former Chief Selector Inzamam-ul-Haq - Hamid Mir - Capital Talk\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cY5uWklStVU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Haq said he was ready to take responsibility if the team played poorly but not for deflecting blame.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the team is playing poorly then it is our team and we have to support and take it forward. We never try to save face and escape blame because when we [start saying] \u2018this is not my fault, this is someone else\u2019s fault\u2019 then even the hope remaining gets shattered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, a clip was also played of Ashraf\u2019s interview with <em>ARY News<\/em> wherein he said that there appeared to be a \u201cconflict of interest\u201d when it came to reports about team selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe (Ashraf) has again tried to save himself,\u201d Haq said. He said that Saya Corporation, one of the agencies embroiled in the recent controversy, was representing him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are recommended by the International Cricket Council (ICC) and the board has the whole record,\u201d he said. He further said that Yazoo International Ltd, a second company involved in the controversy, was formed during Covid but added that there were never any transactions.<\/p>\n<p>He said this company was also officially registered and not some \u201csecret\u201d that was uncovered.<\/p>\n<p>Haq said he had also played a crucial role in resolving the dispute over the squad\u2019s central contracts the night before the team left for the World Cup, adding that it was a matter which had been pending for a while.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou should have given me credit, for an issue that was not being resolved for three to four months, I sat everyone down and resolved it and later you are accusing me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Haq said that instead of going and giving the interview to \u201csave himself\u201d, Ashraf should have called him up and asked him to clarify the reports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did not ask me nor did you ask Talha Rehmani,\u201d he said. Haq also alleged that he was being stonewalled about the progress and proceedings of the inquiry against him.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was informed about the PCB\u2019s refusal to accept his resignation from television reports. \u201cThe board did not tell me. I got to know this through the TV,\u201d he said, adding that there was no communication from that side.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he was given his selection team only 10 days ago after Pakistan had played several matches in the World Cup. \u201cOtherwise the other selection team was working, which included Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and others.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also said he was undermined as the chief selector by Ashraf in the wake of Pakistan\u2019s Asia Cup defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Pakistan was defeated in the Asia Cup, a statement came from the chairman that he would call all of Pakistan\u2019s [previous] captains for [team] selection.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had great concern about this, that you\u2019ve made me chief selector on August 7 and announced the team on the eighth then I don\u2019t have a magic wand that I will give a name and they\u2019ll come and begin delivering on their performance. So I did not go in that meeting \u2026 because I thought it was not right that you\u2019re not respecting someone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that it was an attempt by Ashraf to avoid blame with the excuse that he selected the team  with the input of all past captains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHave you ever heard of selection like this anywhere in the world? So don\u2019t try to save yourself,\u201d he advised the PCB chief. Haq lamented that it was \u201cvery painful for me when someone comes for three or four months and lectures me about my character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Questioned if he would assume his former position again, Haq all but confirmed that he would not. The former chief selector complained about the prevalence of negativity instead of positivity in the PCB\u2019s affairs.<\/p>\n<h2><a id=\"reports-about-conflict-of-interest\" href=\"#reports-about-conflict-of-interest\" class=\"heading-permalink\" aria-hidden=\"true\" title=\"Permalink\"\/>Reports about conflict of interest<\/h2>\n<p>Following Pakistan\u2019s defeat to South Africa in the World Cup, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1785163\">reports began emanating<\/a> that Haq was one of four directors at Yazoo International Ltd, a company registered in the United Kingdom, which set off alarm bells.<\/p>\n<p>Rizwan is also named as one of the directors, but the tipping point came with the name of Rehmani, the managing director of Saya Corporation, which claims on its company website to represent \u201c70 per cent of the Pakistan National Team including the top-ranked athletes\u201d like Babar Azam, Rizwan and pace spearhead Shaheen Shah Afridi.<\/p>\n<p>That Haq\u2019s brother Inti\u00adsa\u00adrul Haq is the company secretary and has close ties in the player agency \u2014 with favouritism being alleged in the team\u2019s selection from various quarters \u2014 prompted Ashraf to pledge during a television programme that an inquiry would be conducted into those allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Following Haq\u2019s resignation, the PCB said it had set up a five-member fact-finding committee to \u201cinvestigate allegations in respect of conflict of interest reported in the media pertaining to the team selection process\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe committee will submit its report and any recommendations to the PCB Management in an expeditious manner,\u201d it concluded, without giving the names of members of the committee.<\/p>\n<p>Haq <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1768887\">assumed<\/a> the role of chief selector on August 7, marking his second stint in this position. He had previously held the same role in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1252316\">2016<\/a> but left it at the conclusion of his term in 2019, after serving for three years.<\/p>\n<p>The resignation had coincided with severe criticism of the national team due to its subpar performance in the World Cup, having suffered four consecutive losses against India, Australia, Afghanistan, and South Africa after victories in the first two games against the Netherlands and Sri Lanka.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inzamamul Haq on Wednesday aired his grievances against the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) days after resigning as the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team. Haq had resigned as chief selector last week after media reports claimed he had a stake in a player\u2019s management company registered with the PCB. 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