Who in your opinion should be the new Chairman of the PCB?

[asifp]

Would you want it to be an ex-cricketer

or

someone who has experience as a MD/CEO of a business


Personally I would not mind seeing Ramiz Raja (ex-cricket with MBA)
come back.

aahh, another name out of the blue, how about Chisty Mujahid, dont know what is he upto now days.

Can we have a poll with choices on this?

Who could be the other options

Ramiz Raja
Aamir Sohail
Majid Khan
Tauqeer Zia
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[Savak]

Not sure who but i would love tauqir Zia to get back because he did everything to make sure the best Pakistani team played no matter what. It was clear he felt the W's were past their prime in 2000 when he took over and he wanted them out of the team but he let them play and did not unfairly block them from the team. Out of all previous chairmans Zia has the best record, he started the academies and he did a decent job sure he made mistakes too but who doesnt.

Ramiz Raja hell no, dont trust the guy, he is a back stabing individual and had a controversial time as CEO, there were many allegations made against him with regards to abuse of power, favortism. He was wanted by the senate committee for questioning.

Majid Khan, nope, its been a while since he was last involved in the game and he also let his personal whims get in the way. His fight with Aamir Sohail in the 90's is very well documented. So he doesnt stand a chance in my books.

Aamir Sohail. Well i like him for his frank opinions, but then again his temprament is very volatile, his man to man skills arent the best and besides i didnt like the way he tried to please Tauqir Zia by trying to include his son in the national team at all costs only to be told by Tauqir Zia to exclude him in the end.

So from all the people mentioned, i think Tauqir Zia is someone i would like to go with provided if there are no better candidates.

[Asim2Good]

Ramiz Raja ll not come back, he ll not leave commentory job for ojb where you are not sure how long u ll stay there

Majid Khan could b good and fresh choice.
Also Asif Iqbal could b another one, but doubt he wil be

but we need another senior respected/good players in PCB as well, get in Miandad,Mohsin Khan & Rashid Latif in PCB too

hopefull we ll see Waqar back as bowling coach after DNA have left now

[Hash]

It has to be someone who has experience managing and administrating a large organisation.

Chairman PCB is an utterly thankless job and you are always in a lose-lose situation so I doubt many people would be willing to take it. You only have to look at the attitude of W63L35....when the PCB does good he says 'so what? why praise them for doing what they are suppose to do' and when the PCB does something that he perceives to be bad he lays into them like there is no tomorrow!

[taqi]

now pcb needs a sensible chairman who can mange thing and get pakistan cricket on track again.
players with great amount of cricketing experiance will be given a chance to serve the nation likes of waseem,waqar saeed anwar etc

[Khabri420]

Sarfraz Nawaz, no doubt :miandad

[Momo]

Javed Miandad.

[amarmak]

Imran Khan :D

[Islamabadi]

Imran khan should really take this job and forget about politics, fix one thing that you are really good at, imran really can't make a difference in pakistani politics

[McBoom]

Aarif Abbasi or Majid Khan

Javed Miandad would be interesting too :)

[impulsive]

Someone who is a cricketer as well as has some management knowledge/experience.

Ramiz Raja

[Keith]

Cricket is a business and should be run as such by individuals who have close links to cricket. If your top structures are not properly in place it will filter to the levels below. Purge the top hierarchy in its entirety, hold new democratic ELECTIONS. Let those that are elected to the panel stand for president and let the registered players in pakistan choose the president.

[pakistanbest]

my candiates would be the following:

Imran Khan, got both management and cricket knowledge

Ramiz Raja

Asif Iqbal, i favour him the most after Imran

Aamir Sohail another good option.

great times ahead for Pakistan Cricket Insh'Allah

feels like we won the WC today

[W63L35]

It has to be someone who has experience managing and administrating a large organisation.

Didn't one just resign shamefully after a shameful period of close to 2 years? IF he SO competent and qualified and popular then why did not he stay? Oh....Let me guess, his ONLY QUALIFICATION for this job was gone a few hours ago!
I bet people are already standing in line for this job.


Chairman PCB is an utterly thankless job and you are always in a lose-lose situation so I doubt many people would be willing to take it.

Why did DNA take it then? Let me guess again - he was the only one qualified for the job!


You only have to look at the attitude of W63L35....when the PCB does good he says 'so what? why praise them for doing what they are suppose to do' and when the PCB does something that he perceives to be bad he lays into them like there is no tomorrow!

Hash, we have gone over this again and again. Name some thing GOOD you have done! Even you COULD NOT come up with ONE good thing that DNA did for the Pak team.... even when I asked you over and over again.
http://www.pakpassion.net/ppforum/showthread.php?t=53247

Anybody who has had a real job would know that you don't get pat on the back or "shabaash" for accomplishing the tasks that are part of your job. You only get "shaabash" when you go out of your normal job duties to accomplish something. What did DNA do that was not part of his regular job!

I am soooo glad that he went the way he went. I never respected the real heroes of Pak cricket... now I really feel sorry for him for going like this without any respect!

When is PCB hosting farewell party for him?

[ehjaz]

how about haroon rasheed..........the rasheed's are alway "in" pcb no matter what....

[161]

Can we just outsource it to the BCCI ?

I think they will do a better job running Pak cricket than any of us will.

[Saj]

Asif Iqbal would be my choice. I think he deserves a chance. He talks a lot of sense and as far as I can see has the best interests of Pakistan cricket at heart.

[Legendary_Sage]

Not sure who but i would love tauqir Zia to get back because he did everything to make sure the best Pakistani team played no matter what. It was clear he felt the W's were past their prime in 2000 when he took over and he wanted them out of the team but he let them play and did not unfairly block them from the team. Out of all previous chairmans Zia has the best record, he started the academies and he did a decent job sure he made mistakes too but who doesnt.

Ramiz Raja hell no, dont trust the guy, he is a back stabing individual and had a controversial time as CEO, there were many allegations made against him with regards to abuse of power, favortism. He was wanted by the senate committee for questioning.

Majid Khan, nope, its been a while since he was last involved in the game and he also let his personal whims get in the way. His fight with Aamir Sohail in the 90's is very well documented. So he doesnt stand a chance in my books.

Aamir Sohail. Well i like him for his frank opinions, but then again his temprament is very volatile, his man to man skills arent the best and besides i didnt like the way he tried to please Tauqir Zia by trying to include his son in the national team at all costs only to be told by Tauqir Zia to exclude him in the end.

So from all the people mentioned, i think Tauqir Zia is someone i would like to go with provided if there are no better candidates.
Wasim has mentioned in Cricinfo Interview that Tauqeer Zia Asked him to retire or either he will be dropped.


How long did it affect you mentally?
For a long time. Had I not gone through that stage I would have probably got 500 wickets in Test cricket [he ended with 414]. General Tauqir Zia asked me to retire in 2000 or they would drop me. I have been through a lot. Cricket has been through a lot.

Link : http://content-pak.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/360662.html

[Asim2Good]

Asif Iqbal would be my choice. I think he deserves a chance. He talks a lot of sense and as far as I can see has the best interests of Pakistan cricket at heart.

even though I want Asif Iqbal too but ICC may have objection to that coz of allegation against him of match fixing in Sharjah matches. I think in recent past PCB was looking for Asif Iqbal to be part of PCB in some way but ICC had some objection to that
don't think Imran Khan should b on poll as he ll not take this job

[Legendary_Sage]

I would go for
Imran Khan but as we know its just like a dream that he will leave politics and take control of PCB.
Amir Sohail
He is a straight forward person and i like his approach of spotting good talent and let the natural talent flow attitude.when he was chief selector he picke good talents on merit apart form Junaid Zia.So i would prefer him to as PCB chief.

[Sheikh_Ji]

Others....
My vote goes to Ehsan Mani....he did a very good job as President of ICC....non-controversial....competent

[Afridi_Fan]

Tauqir Zia, But Please no Junaid Zia in the side :P

[pakistanbest]

what are the chances of it being a foreign chairman?

[Tay'yab-Ali Malik]

Asif Iqbal would be my choice. I think he deserves a chance. He talks a lot of sense and as far as I can see has the best interests of Pakistan cricket at heart.

PCB needs the support of BCCI otherwise it is likely to be ignored in world cricket, which will not be good for Pak cricket.

Asif Iqbal as i understand it supports ICL and ICL & BCCI do not mix.

Personally I believe someone completely independant (not an ex cricketer) should take over the reins and run it as a profit making business like the BCCI or any premiership football club. Ex-cricketers become too personally & emotionally involved and their decisions are potentially partisan.

Of course s/he can have credible ex-cricketers such as rashid latif as advisors or consultants.

In the meantime the caretaker CEO must ensure nothing has changed pakistans ability to host CT.

[pakcricketfan]

I wish Rashid Latif gets an opportunity...that would b the bestest thing for Pak cricket!!
But I'm sure this would not happen..coz of the political party he supports..

[Muzy]

i voted for Asif Iqbal... seems like one of the candidates whose got a cool head

we just want someone who will listen to everyones needs CRICKET needs, we want someone who will ALWAYS have pakistans best interest at heart not what is in it for him, we really need someone who can take pakistan cricket out of this mess DNA n co have created

it's not going to happen as quick as we would want it but there needs to be fast drastic but realistic changes to the current system DNA had adopted to make even more loop holes than were already created from before

but i hope we all hope whoever choses the next chairman they chose him carefully, if worst comes to worst i was thinking maybe we could adopt a new CHAIRWOMAN?? lolz

[W63L35]

We can poll all we want but I'll be shocked if next appointment is NOT a political appointment like DNA, Tauqeer Zia and Mujib-ur-Rahman (in last PPP regime).

[Mohsin]

There are (strong) rumours that Tauqir Zia will be the next chairman (if that is the case then all the supporters of Shoaib should say goodbye!)

I personally would love to see Aamir Sohail. Straight forward, tough, no nonsense person who has Pakistan cricket at heart.

Though because of the reasons above, he will not be chairman unfortunately:(

[Sufian84]

imran khan
most cricket-compentent and will also have respect from other boards and the icc

[Sufian84]

i have a feeling that the next chairman will be even worse than dna

[pakcricketfan]

Tauqir Zia, But Please no Junaid Zia in the side :P

expect him to b in the side once Tauqir Zia takes over... I still remember what injustice Tauqir Zia did wid my cousin just to put in Junaid in his place..
But Junaid himself was a good person..he didn't like wat his dad did.

[pakcricketfan]

i have a feeling that the next chairman will be even worse than dna

what else can we expect?!

[Waseem]

Asif Iqbal for sure, it would have been nice to have Imran Khan but he won't be able to spend enough time so no point.

[W63L35]

It has to be someone who has experience managing and administrating a large organisation.

Chairman PCB is an utterly thankless job and you are always in a lose-lose situation so I doubt many people would be willing to take it. You only have to look at the attitude of W63L35....when the PCB does good he says 'so what? why praise them for doing what they are suppose to do' and when the PCB does something that he perceives to be bad he lays into them like there is no tomorrow!
Why just look at MY attitude? Look at the PPers reaction and attitude after the news of DNA's resignation. Show me one comment where somebody is feeling sad for Pak cricket at his departure.

....and just in case, if you have missed this article;
http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/pakistan/content/current/story/365381.html

Board u-turns under Ashraf

Mushtaq Ahmed: Soon after coming to power, sacked Mushtaq as assistant coach, citing Justice Qayyum report that pointed to his links with match-fixing. Re-hired him soon after for World Cup 2007

General staff: Sacked 80 PCB staff, and then promptly re-hired them

Doping tribunal: Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif were banned after they were found guilty of using steroids, only for the decision to be overturned within a month despite both admitting usage, after an appellate tribunal was set up

Constitution: Promised PCB's constitution would be ready within a month of his appointment. Changed the date three times, and kept on extending it until it was finally ready in January 2008, some 14 months after the original promise

Resignation: Handed in his resignation during World Cup 2007, withdrew it about a week later after it was rejected by the patron

Foreign coach: Said specifically after World Cup 2007 in a press conference that no foreign coach would be appointed for Pakistan. Appointed Geoff Lawson a few months later

Younis Khan: Said, after Younis Khan had turned down the captaincy, that he would not be made captain again. Yet for Pakistan's tour to India in end-2007, personally appointed Younis vice-captain - he became captain when Shoaib Malik got injured.

ICL: Announced no player in the ICL would be allowed to play for Pakistan or in Pakistan domestic cricket. Except Inzamam-ul-Haq, who was allowed to play a one-off Test as farewell and reportedly given a Rs 1 crore golden handshake for it

ICL, mark II: Announced Rana Naved-ul-Hasan and Mushtaq would not be given NOCs to play county cricket because of their ICL links. Yet both were given one soon after

ICL, mark III: Promised Mohammad Yousuf that he would play in the IPL, having paid him to come out of his ICL contract. Currently the matter is stuck in legal limbo forcing Yousuf to miss the first season of both leagues

Shoaib Akhtar: The board stated publicly that Shoaib didn't have to pay any fine in order play in the Champions Trophy, only to then say three days later that actually he does

Job well done, PCB!

[Mian Hassan]

Ramix Raja Should be the New PCB Chairman :raja

[zam]

i am afraid that govt will make Salman Taseer as the chief.......

[Mohsin]

i am afraid that govt will make Salman Taseer as the chief.......

:))):))):)))................ :| :(
Nah i dont think so, trust me how can they make governor of Punjab PCB Chairman?

But then again, if he was to be made chairman, then at least Shoaib would get into the team no problem!:D

[lollol]

Asif Iqbal would be my choice. I think he deserves a chance. He talks a lot of sense and as far as I can see has the best interests of Pakistan cricket at heart.
He has match fixing allegations against him... so it wont be him

[W63L35]

He has match fixing allegations against him... so it wont be him

They were just rumors and allegations. Nothing more.

His experience in organizing CBFS us unmatchable. He had all teams come to desert to play more than 100 ODIs and a couple of tests for more than TEN years. CBFS (benefits to ex-cricketers) was also a unique idea;
http://www.cbfs.net/beneficiaries.htm

[pakcricketfan]

no one for Rashid Latif??
am surprised! :|

[sagar]

I would definately go for Asif Iqbal. He is probably the most sensible of the lot. Given his track record of Sharjah and the way he went about it. He has given so much to cricket and cricketers. Even as a Captain, he was one of the better Captains Pakistan has ever had. In Asif Iqbal, we have a very well educated person who has great sense for the game of cricket and probably one of the most promising cricketers Pakistan has ever had. I would say this, if he can pull of Sharjah, without a doubt he can make Pakistan a better team. Pakistan needs a cricketing brain who also can manage the back office responsibilities and contribute in cricketing decisions. To me Asif Iqbal is the perfect choice.

[sagar]

Can we just outsource it to the BCCI ?

I think they will do a better job running Pak cricket than any of us will.
They can't do a better job with Indian team, what makes you think they will be better with Pakistan team. Naaaaaaaaaah

[Monsee]

Imran will never take the job, so no reason to vote for him...

Majid is my vote for the chairman for his no-nonsense and honest attitude but some check-n-balances have to be in place so he does not become dictatorial (there were some rumors about his past tenure as chair)

Asif Iqbal would be an excellent choice too!

Tauqir Zia, IMO, would be even worse than DNA...that SOB messed up our cricket big time by doing such a clean sweep after WC03; there was no consideration for 'Transition' and finding replacement and grooming them to take over from legends like Waqar, Wasim, Anwar, Saqi etc.

Not to forget that the Ganja Chucker would be back in the team, this time maybe as a skipper of the senior team (like when Aaamir Pithoo Sohail last appointed him the skipper of Pak A team)...if Ganja comes in the team, I would personally go to Pak and throw gandaay aandaay at both 'Baap and Beta' and burn their effigies right in front of their house!

[Saj]

He has match fixing allegations against him... so it wont be him
Some Boards have some of the biggest crooks around the world in their employment - as far as I am aware Asif Iqbal was not found guilty of any wrongdoing. It wasnt his or Bukhatirs fault that India were just rubbish and bad losers at Sharjah :)

[W63L35]

It wasnt his or Bukhatirs fault that India were just rubbish and bad losers at Sharjah :)

Name ONE occasion when India were gracious losers? :)

[iZeeshan]

Honestly, it should be Imran Khan, but he would never take it.

Asif Iqbal or Aamer Sohail would do nicely too.

Hopefully we get some wholesale changes around now.

[azfar wali]

Aamir Sohail or :imran

[kasoo10]

I would like so former cricketer to take the job this time. Imran will be the best but he will not do it. Majid is a good choice but he has personal agendas. Asif will be doubtful because of match fixing thingi. Miandad will be very interesting and people will appreciate him if they can understand him (the guy is too supersonic).

How about Zaheer? I think he did well as a Manager.

[TaZ]

Faisal Iqbal.. he cant be any worse than he is as a batsman

[W63L35]

Faisal Iqbal.. he cant be any worse than he is as a batsman

I can bet he'll do better job than current management.

[W63L35]

Past PCB presidents and chairmen.

BCCP and PCB Presidents and Chairmen chain

* Iftikhar Hussain Khan, Nawab of Mamdot (President and 1948 Chairman) May 1948- March 1950
* Justice A.R.Cornelius (Chairman of the working committee) 1949 - May 1953
* Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Khan (President) March 1950 - Sept 1951
* Abdus Sattar Pirzada (President) Sept 1951 - May 1953
* Syed Makdoomzada Hassan Mahmood (Chairman) May 1953 - Oct 1957
* Mian Aminuddin (President) Mar 1953 - Jul 1954
* Muhammad Ali Bogra (President) Jul 1954 - Sept 1955
* Maj. Gen Iskander Mirza (President) Sept 1955 - Dec 1958
* A T Naqvi (Chairman) Oct 1957 - Dec 1958
* S M H Mahmood (Chairman) Dec 1958 - May 1959
* N M Khan (Chairman) May 1959 - Sept 1960
* General Muhammad Ayub Khan (President) Dec 1958 - Oct 1959
* Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan (President) Oct 1959 - June 1963

- First Ad-Hoc Committee Sept 1960 to May 1963

* Justice A R Cornelius (Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee) Sept 1960-May 1963
* Muzafar Hussain (Chairman of the Executive Committee) Sep 1963 - Sep 1966
* Syed Fida Hussain (President) 7 Sep 1963 - May, 1969

- from 1966 the BCCP President also acted as Chairman of the Executive Committee

* I A Khan (President) May 1969 - April 1972
* Abdul Hafeez Kardar (President) May 1972 - Apr 1977
* Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain (President) Apr 1977 - July 1978

- Second Ad-Hoc Committee July 1978 to Feb 1980

* Lt Gen (Retd) K M Azhar (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) August 1978 - Feb 1980
* Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Nur Khan (President) Feb 1980 - Feb 1984
* Lt Gen. (Retd) Ghulam Safdar Butt March 1984 - Feb, 1988
* Lt Gen. (Retd) Zahid Ali Akbar Khan March 1988 - August 1992
* Justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah Oct 1992 - Dec 1993

- Third Ad-Hoc Committee Dec 1993 to April 1994

* Javed Burki (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) 13th Jan 1994 - 20th Mar, 1994
* Arif Ali Khan Abbasi (Chief Executive) Jan 1994 - May 1996
* Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bukhari (Chairman of PCB) April 1994 - Jan 1998
* Majid Khan (Chief Executive) May 1996 - May 1999
* Khalid Mahmood (President) Jan 1998 - Jul 1999

- Fourth Ad-Hoc Committee 16 July 1999 to present

* Mujeeb ur Rehman (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) Aug 1999-Oct 1999

- Dr Zafar Altaf took over when President Nawaz Sharif left office.

* Dr. Zafar Altaf (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) Oct 1999-Dec 1999
* Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) Dec 1999-2003
* Shaharyar Muhammad Khan (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) Dec 2003-Oct 2006
* Dr. Naseem Ashraf (Chairman Ad hoc Committee) October 2006 -??? 2008.

[lahori@denmark]

my first and dream choice is imran khan, but he is more of a polition then a cricketr nowadays, thats why i go for majid, he has a good knowledge of both cricket and mangement, plus he has been around with pcb, he looks an honest guy to me we all know how sfarish and stuff works in pcb but in his case his son who is one of the finest cricker in domestic, to me it never looked as majid pushed pcb to include his son or talk in media that why bazid is not in squad etc..it looks as he wants his son to perform and get selected

[W63L35]

According to the articles below, following names are being mentioned to replace DNA;
1) Taqueer Zia
2) Ijaz Butt (ex test cricketer and cousin of a federal minister Ahmed Mukhtar).
3) Arif Abbasi
4) Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah (Sport minster Sindh)

Zia and Ijaz are the storgest candidates.

Also, the Goverenment may put PCB under Sports Ministry. An Adhoc Committee may be formed and new constitution may be prepared.

http://www.jang.com.pk/jang/aug2008-daily/19-08-2008/sports/sp1.gif

[12thMan]

I will like Senator Baig as he loves cricket. But chaiman should not be the biggest concern here. There should be a cricket committee which includes selectors and a head man (you can call CEO as chaiman is not a good title) that deals with cricket matters. The business part can be dealt by someone else if needed.

Now I don't have much problem with selectors but really who are these selectors. Quite a few of them no one has heard of. Sure they might have the eye for talent but if there is a bigger name there might be better credibility or acceptance for a while. Now the boss of them who hires these selectors who is he as he is incharge probably for the cricket matters. Some of the names who go in these groups are Latif, Maindad, Asif Iqbal etc.

Chairman who cares if you look at other boards. Who is chairman/president of BBCI or ACB or ECB? They are probably mostly businessmen but I don't think they interfere too much in cricket matters that much

[Momo]

I know Imran Khan won't accept the position.
So any one out of Javed Miandad, Asif Iqbal, or Intikhab "Petha" Alam will do.

[ehjaz]

According to jang.com

Sports minister Najam uddin says that there will be ad hoc committee to run pcb and the new chairman will be the head of this committee. PCB will be under the sports ministry and there will be changes in the PCB constitution. There are two strong candidates; Tauqir Zia (strong links with PPP) or Ijaz Butt (cousin of minister Ahmed Mukhtar). DNA will hold his probably last conference on Wednesday…………..

Lets see what happens........

[Momo]

I don't know about Butt but surely Tauqir Zia is a chala hua kaartoos (spent cartrdige). Why do they keep testing the already tried and tested (and failed)?

[cricket_crazy]

^did you honestly believe things will be better now. Before it was Musharraf's friends running PCB now it will be Zardari's....I wouldn't be surprised if Tauqir Zia is appointed again

[Momo]

^did you honestly believe things will be better now. Before it was Musharraf's friends running PCB now it will be Zardari's....I wouldn't be surprised if Tauqir Zia is appointed again

Tauqir Zia isn't exactly Musharraf's enemy either. He took over as soon as Gen. Musharraf staged his coup in 99. And he is a retired general. Enough said.

I think they should appoint one of Asif Iqbal, Javed Miandad, and Intikhab Alam.

[iafzal]

If you have corrupt politetions you will have corrupt PCB management.
It is like clock work never changes sadly

[kingusama92]

Tauqir Zia wasn't that bad of a chairman when he was here for one year... he did well in bringing the game up in Pakistan... although for the sake of change Ijaz Butt needs to be put in...

[Savak]

Tauqir Zia all the way. He was better than DNA atleast. Its time to bring him back and il be happy if he accepts charge of the board.

[jan_Jamshed]

i would go for ijaz butt.... Mohammed Ijaz Butt (born March 10, 1938, Sialkot, Punjab) is a former Pakistani cricketer who played in 8 Tests from 1959 to 1962.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ijaz_Butt

[Legendary_Sage]

Tauqir Zia isn't exactly Musharraf's enemy either. He took over as soon as Gen. Musharraf staged his coup in 99. And he is a retired general. Enough said.

I think they should appoint one of Asif Iqbal, Javed Miandad, and Intikhab Alam.
Tauqeer is from PPP and i would say he is a strong candidate at the moment to be the next PCB Chairman.
IJAZ butt is a cousin of Ahmed Mukhtar and he can also take over the post of Chairman.

[Sufian84]

i think bilawal bhutto will be the next chairman

[Sufian84]

i think bilawal bhutto will be the next chairman

[Omar Malik]

Ofcourse Imran Khan would be my first choice but he's too busy in politics and won't give cricket any time as such...But as a second choice I'd also like to see Asif Iqbal been given a go as he does talk sense and knows what he does sort of a thing!

[midwicket]

Asif Iqbal for Chairman.

[ucilite]

anyone sincere to Pakistan Cricket is acceptable to me

[Easa]

It boils down to a three way tie between Farveez Maharoof, Shib Shankar Paul, and Sunil Joshi. Each have a lot of things going for them, but I think Paul's well maintained mustache and rather aloof demeanor will nail it for him, ultimately securing the job for him. And well deserved too.

[Cricket Fan]

R Raja is by far the best choice because of his experience and his education not to mention the fact that he's a smart (intelligent ) guy.

Imran Khan would be a better choice but he has better things to do and should probably be the Prime Minister of Pakistan well hopefully soon. :-)

[W63L35]

According to the articles below, following names are being mentioned to replace DNA;
1) Taqueer Zia
2) Ijaz Butt (ex test cricketer and cousin of a federal minister Ahmed Mukhtar).
3) Arif Abbasi
4) Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah (Sport minster Sindh)

Zia and Ijaz are the storgest candidates.

Also, the Goverenment may put PCB under Sports Ministry. An Adhoc Committee may be formed and new constitution may be prepared.

Well, this "trash" (as called by a few people) newspaper does have some sources. Jang predicted Ijaz to be the strongest candidate for PCB the same day DNA retired.

[Saj]

Imran Khan well clear in the minds of PPers.

Its a shame that after his playing days, Imran didnt involve himself in Pakistani cricketing circles.

[Monsee]

I am just happy that Tauqeer the Depressive Guru Zia is not elected otherwise Ganja Chucker would be the pak skipper by now...

And the following quote (s) from him makes me realise that he is a sensible and decent guy unlike Tauqeer:

'Ijaz also criticised Pakistan media manager P J Mir for accusing the team of focusing their attention on religion rather than cricket.

"It was a stupid statement from P J Mir. If a player wants to offer prayers in a mosque and wants to give some donation for a good cause, it does not mean his attention is diverted from cricket," he said.'

[Wazeeri]

An ex-cricketer is not the best requirement to advertise for the job. Maybe that would be relevant if you were seeking someone to fill the selectors role not someone who is going to be managing the funds, the staff and the future direction of the board.

I think Arif Abbassi is the only one from the above list with extensive executive experience. He also headed PIA out of a crisis (a bit).

But I think we need a fresh face and fresh ideas. Can't think of anyone.

[lakha84]

Imran khan should really take this job and forget about politics, fix one thing that you are really good at, imran really can't make a difference in pakistani politics

NOPE i think the country needs himmore than cricket needs him

[Savak]

I should be the next chairman.

[JeeraBlade]

I should be the next chairman.
So Shoaib can plqay till he reaches the retirement age. The real retirement age of 65? :)

[Savak]

So Shoaib can plqay till he reaches the retirement age. The real retirement age of 65? :)

One thing i will do for sure, is to launch an emergency overdrive into finding the top fastest pacers in the country and my min benchmark will be 145 km/hr i.e 90 mph.

An emergency overdrive for hard hitting batters who can hit sixes at will too.

I will try to bring the best team possible on the field of play and will back the playing 11 a 150% with no witch hunt, discrimination what so ever.

There will be no chickens, spineless cry babies in the team.

[Pakwatan]

One thing for sure that he will let Akhtar take drug openly and let him do damage Pakistan Cricket :D

[Pakwatan]

One thing i will do for sure, is to launch an emergency overdrive into finding the top fastest pacers in the country and my min benchmark will be 145 km/hr i.e 90 mph.

An emergency overdrive for hard hitting batters who can hit sixes at will too.

I will try to bring the best team possible on the field of play and will back the playing 11 a 150% with no witch hunt, discrimination what so ever.

There will be no chickens, spineless cry babies in the team.

crybaby like Akhtar won't be in the team too? That's good start :D . Then, i will definitely vote for you if you take Akhtar and Asif away from Pakistan Cricket and ban them permanently to avoid another disgrace to affect our Country image :D . If all these happens, then you have my vote :inzi

[W63L35]

An emergency overdrive for hard hitting batters who can hit sixes at will too.

If you find one, he'd be the 1st one because I can not name ONE player who can hit sixes at will..... can you?


There will be no chickens, spineless cry babies in the team.
Who are the chickens and cry babies in the current team or of the recent past?

[Savak]

If i must damage Pakistan Cricket as people percieve it to be to make it better actually i will.

[Savak]

If you find one, he'd be the 1st one because I can not name ONE player who can hit sixes at will..... can you?

Sehwag, Gambhir, Raina, Yuvraj, Sharma, Dhoni, Pathan, Uthappa, Symonds, Ponting, Hayden, Luke Ronchi, Shaun Marsh, Hussey, Watson, kallis, Smith, AB Devilliers, Boucher, Collingwood, Mascerenhas, Afridi, Razzaq, Misbah e.t.c.

Having hard hitters and atleast 3-4 makes a huge difference to the side. We have too many consolidators at the moment.

Who are the chickens and cry babies in the current team or of the recent past?

Malik

[Pakwatan]

Malik as crybaby? You seriously sound very racist. It's Akhtar who always cry for special care like baby sitter.

[Savak]

Malik as crybaby? You seriously sound very racist. It's Akhtar who always cry for special care like baby sitter.

Hmm, it was Malik who broke down when big daddy Inzi retired and needed to hug Inzi. I dont recall Akhtar ever breaking down. There's your evidence.

[b0wld]

I want Rashid Latif to be the PCB Chief

[kingusama92]

Hmm, it was Malik who broke down when big daddy Inzi retired and needed to hug Inzi. I dont recall Akhtar ever breaking down. There's your evidence.

lol now that was respect for the big man... although on many other instances Malik has proved to be a cry baby i agree :burn:

[Pakwatan]

Hmm, it was Malik who broke down when big daddy Inzi retired and needed to hug Inzi. I dont recall Akhtar ever breaking down. There's your evidence.

You really are pathetic, aren't you? Have you forgotten that not only Malik, but the whole audiences in second test, sounded sadden and some did cry on the Inzimam retiring from Pakistan Cricket forever.

If Akhtar doesn't treasures the feeling of long gone, and then, how will you? :)

If he didn't cry many times over special care needed by PCB, then who else did? :))

[Pakwatan]

lol now that was respect for the big man... although on many other instances Malik has proved to be a cry baby i agree :burn:

like what? :|

[Savak]

You really are pathetic, aren't you? Have you forgotten that not only Malik, but the whole audiences in second test, sounded sadden and some did cry on the Inzimam retiring from Pakistan Cricket forever.

If Akhtar doesn't treasures the feeling of long gone, and then, how will you? :)

If he didn't cry many times over special care needed by PCB, then who else did? :))

Point is. Malik actually cried once. Akhtar has never done so. This ends the arguement. No character assasination of Malik, but he is too soft an individual.

[Pakwatan]

when did Malik cry apart from Inzimam retirement? Inzimam did cry on his last match against Zimbabwe in WC 07? Shall we call him girlie too?

[Savak]

when did Malik cry apart from Inzimam retirement? Inzimam did cry on his last match against Zimbabwe in WC 07? Shall we call him girlie too?

Crying is most of the times justified by a strong reason behind it. It was Inzi's last ODI and the ovasion that the teammates gave to him really touched him.

Malik broke down like a soft inconsolable little baby on his first day of school when his parents left him. He is a soft personality as can be seen by his non aggressive traits as captain.