{"id":30755,"date":"2023-12-02T16:09:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/salman-butt-dropped-from-pcb-selection-committee-following-backlash\/"},"modified":"2023-12-02T16:09:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-02T16:09:05","slug":"salman-butt-dropped-from-pcb-selection-committee-following-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/salman-butt-dropped-from-pcb-selection-committee-following-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Salman Butt dropped from PCB selection committee following backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Wahab Riaz, the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team, announced on Saturday that former cricketer Salman Butt was dropped as a member of the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s (PCB) selection committee a day after his appointment in the wake of a massive backlash against the move.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1794354\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Butt was appointed to the selection committee, along with Kamran Akmal and Rao Iftikhar Anjum, a day ago by the chief selector. However, the move was severely criticised and generated blowback.<\/p>\n<p>Butt, who was banned over a high-profile spot-fixing scandal for which the former skipper publicly apologised, was also appointed to a coaching role with Singapore\u2019s national team last year.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a press conference in Lahore\u2019s Gaddafi Stadium today, Riaz said: \u201cI am reverting that decision and I\u2019ve already spoken to Salman Butt and told him that he cannot be a part of my team because I do not want that people link us in any way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elaborating on the lead-up to the selection committee\u2019s Friday appointments, Riaz said there was a lot of public debate on Butt\u2019s name and \u201cmany people created a lot of issues over it\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI firstly want to clarify that he is not on any PCB panel. Secondly, he is a good cricketing mind who understands cricket and has been covering domestic cricket for the past two to three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was made my consultant only as far as taking his opinion is concerned on which some people and media houses are probably doing propaganda, trying to ruin affairs and linking me with it.\u201d<\/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=\"National men&#039;s chief selector Wahab Riaz Press Conference at Gaddafi Stadium\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GWlBeN6tJAM?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<hr\/>\n<p><em>More to follow.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wahab Riaz, the chief selector of the Pakistan men\u2019s cricket team, announced on Saturday that former cricketer Salman Butt was dropped as a member of the Pakistan Cricket Board\u2019s (PCB) selection committee a day after his appointment in the wake of a massive backlash against the move. 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