PCB appoints Inzamam as chief selector

Hope his criteria for selection will be based upon players merits instead of whether he says his five times prayers.

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PCB wants Inzamam as chief selector

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Inzamam’s stint as head coach of Afghanistan has been successful © PTIFormer Pakistan captain Inzamam-ul-Haq is likely to be appointed chief selector of Pakistan, after the PCB requested the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) to release him from his role as Afghanistan head coach. If appointed, this will be Inzamam’s first appointment as selector at any level.
The move came after Waqar Younis, who recently resigned as Pakistan’s head coach, argued in favour of hiring Inzamam as chief selector.
Despite Inzamam’s coaching stint with Afghanistan being in its infancy, ACB Chief Shafiq Stanikzai confirmed that they are ready to release him.
“Today Shaharyar Khan called me and asked a favour to release Inzamam-ul-Haq as they are keen to hire him,” Stanikzai said. “Although he was in contract with us until December this year, we are patriotic people and if Pakistan needs Inzamam for their own country, we are ready to release him. We are looking at the contract right now with all the terms and conditions but we are not going to drag this and rather finish this on good and high note.”
Inzamam had joined the Afghanistan set-up as head coach for the team’s tour of Zimbabwe in late 2015. After Afghanistan won the ODI and T20I series in Zimbabwe, he signed a contract extending his tenure. In the recent World T20, he oversaw the team’s progression to the Super 10s and their famous win over eventual champions West Indies. Prior to his role with Afghanistan, Inzamam’s last coaching assignment at the international level was a short-term stint as Pakistan’s batting consultant in 2012-13.
Umar Farooq is ESPNcricinfo’s Pakistan correspondent. @kalson](http://www.twitter.com/kalson)

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re: PCB appoints Inzamam as chief selector

I dont know about his selection skills yet. But the most important would be his ability to take pressure and not come under the influence of different lobbies that work within PCB. Whether through money or power. And if it happens selection process is no rocket science so it may turn out a good decision though i would wait to see the results.

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Agreed :k:

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This is bad decision from Inzi.

The VERY FIRST thing should be to get rid of Najam Sethi and Shehryar Khan, it seems everyone else is being replaced but these 2 are not going anywhere.

Any cricketer with some self-respect should not take any position unless the 2 heads are out first. Otherwise we will see Inzi as the next scapegoat as soon as we lose another big tournament.

Really unbelievable, 18 crore population's favvourite sport being held hostage by these 2 babas and nobody can do a thing.
Damn!

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Re: PCB appoints Inzamam as chief selector

Jinnah's motto was work, work & work...kaam, kaam aur musalsal kaam

Inzi's motto will be tableegh, tableegh aur musalsal tableegh... just kidding

Nepotism is a human weakness (lets face it we are not angels) but if Inzi can ensure selection of (at least 80% of the) players on merit (domestic record rather than pressure from any lobby incl. sponsors), then it will be a great service to Pakistan cricket.

He should spend some time with the key batsmen in the team as well. Fragile and inconsistent batting will undoubtedly be tested in english conditions.

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I also have a question on Inzamam's selection capability. When Hafeez first played for Pakistan Inzamam discarded saying he can't play for Pakistan, no technique, not good enough. But he kept improving and made comeback and has played with decent performances.

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maybe he was right at the time. These things happen, Miandad asked Imran to drop Inzi when he first started playing for Pakistan because he was of the view that Inzi had no technique and was not good enough.

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Well i guess he was right about Hafeez. Unless it is a flat track and ball is not swinging at all nor bowlers are of good quality, yes that is time Hafeez can be nightmare for other team, rest of the time he is now nightmare for Pakistani batting lineup

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The team is guaranteed to be pious and prone to runouts.

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Right, so that then shows that there is a grooming/coaching problem.

but still he has managed an ODI average of 32 which is decent for an all rounder.