Pakistan Check skipper Shan Masood speaks at a post-match press convention after successful the Check collection in opposition to England on October 26, 2024. — PCB
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Mohsin Naqvi acknowledged that the choice concerning Shan Masood’s continuation as captain of Pakistan’s males’s Check aspect can be made by “cricket minds”.
Naqvi, whereas talking informally to the media after assembly the nationwide gamers and help employees on the sidelines of Pakistan’s pre-season red-ball camp on the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) right here, revealed that he would quickly meet former cricketer Younis Khan as a part of the cricket board’s plans to broaden its pool of cricket specialists.
“We are increasing the number of cricket minds so that better results can be achieved,” Naqvi mentioned.
The PCB chairman additional careworn that cricket-related issues must be determined by these with intensive information of the sport, including that he meant to empower the advisory group with full authority.
“I want cricket minds to decide what should and should not be done,” he remarked.
Naqvi disclosed that the panel of cricket specialists, which at present consists of three people, would quickly be expanded to 6 or seven members via consultations with former cricketers.
“We are in contact with many cricketers. When there are six or seven people instead of three, better decisions will naturally be made,” he mentioned.
He additional shared that the expanded group can be entrusted with key choices, together with the number of Pakistan’s Check captain.
“The decision on the Test captain will be made by the cricket minds that we are bringing together,” Naqvi acknowledged.
Naqvi then went on to reiterate that he had no need to become involved within the nationwide group’s choice course of earlier than expressing his dedication to strengthening the cricket board financially.
“I can offer suggestions, but there will be occasions when they are not followed. I have to trust them,” he mentioned.
“My job is to make the PCB financially stronger, while cricket should be run by cricket minds. I am giving them all the powers,” he added.
The PCB chairman then went on to defend the white-ball head coach of the nationwide males’s cricket group, Mike Hesson, regardless of his incapacity to guide the Inexperienced Shirts to a significant match victory since assuming the function in Could final yr, as he highlighted the general variety of matches the aspect gained underneath his management.
