LAHORE: In a unique and surprising development, chief selector Har­oon Rasheed got four­th post in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) after he was appointed director domestic cricket last week.

Former batter Haroon, who played 23 Tests and 12 ODIs for Pakistan from 1977 to 1983, is also part of an 11-member PCB Interim Management Committee (IMC) and member of the domestic cricket committee.

The 70-year-old Haroon, who has held a long and apparently never-ending association with the PCB, also acted as the head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

During Ehsan Mani’s tenure, Haroon formed a domestic system based on six provincial teams according to the wishes of then prime minister Imran Khan.

Najam Sethi, the incumbent chairman of the IMC, was appointed by incumbent Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to replace the province-based system with the previous structure based on 16 regional associations and departments.

Published in Dawn, May 28th, 2023

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