Hafeez questions appointment process for PCB chief

Appearing
on
Geo
News
channel,
Hafeez
also
criticized
the
abolishment
of
the
departmental
and
bank
teams
in
domestic
cricket
saying
it
had
left
many
domestic
cricketers
jobless
and
without
any
future.

The
PCB
two
years
back
abolished
the
role
of
departmental
and
bank
teams
on
the
directions
of
Prime
Minister
Imran
Khan
who
himself
played
a
lot
of
domestic
cricket
in
his
days
for
the
national
airlines
and
other
departments.

Hafeez,
who
recently
announced
his
retirement
from
all
international
cricket,
also
questioned
the
selection
process
of
PCB
chairman.
He
said
it
was
time
that
elections
were
held
properly
to
elect
the
Chairman
of
the
board
instead
of
him
basically
being
a
selected
nominee
of
the
patron
in
chief,
the
Prime
Minister.

“The
present
process
is
not
correct
because
presently
the
chairman
PCB
was
elected
under
a
selection
system
and
the
procedure
for
selection
of
PCB
chairman
is
not
right.
The
chairman
PCB
comes
on
political
grounds
and
the
chairman
who
comes
politically
does
not
understand
cricket
at
all,”
he
said.

He
suggested
that
the
chairman
of
the
cricket
board
should
be
elected
through
elections.
Former
Pakistan
skipper
Ramiz
Raja
is
the
current
PCB
chief.
The
41-year
old
announced
his
retirement
after
appearing
in
55
Tests,
218
ODIs
and
119
T20
internationals
for
his
country.

His
last
appearance
for
Pakistan
was
in
the
World
T20
Cup
in
October
after
which
he
skipped
the
tour
to
Bangladesh
and
a
home
T20
series
against
West
Indies.