Haroon Rasheed appointed as the Chair of the Men’s National Selection Committee

[JibranAnsari]

Former Pakistan batter Haroon Rashid has been appointed as Chair of the men’s National Selection Committee, while other members of his panel will be announced in due course.

Haroon played 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983 and last held this position in 2015-16. Most recently, he was the Convener of the Interim Selection Committee after having previously served in administrative and coaching roles with the age-group and national sides.

Chair of the PCB Management Committee, Mr Najam Sethi: “I want to congratulate Haroon Rashid and hope he will use his cricket knowledge, understanding and background while picking squads for the upcoming international assignments.”

Haroon Rashid: “I am honoured to have been entrusted with this responsibility and look forward to working very closely with the team management and the National High Performance Centre so that we have clear pathways and can work collectively to select best available players for what will be a busy and high-profile year of cricket, including the ACC Asia Cup, ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup and the tour of Australia for three Tests.

“One of the key aspects I will like to focus on my time will be improving communication. This is a critical area as the players need to have absolute clarity on why they have been selected or not selected, which, in turn, will help them to deliver the desired results, work harder on their skills and remain motivated.”

Pakistan FTP commitments from now until June 2024:

o 13 Apr-7 May – NZ to Pakistan (5 T20Is & 5 ODIs)
o July – Pakistan to Sri Lanka (two Tests)
o August – Pakistan to Afghanistan (three ODIs)
o September – ACC 50-over Asia Cup in Pakistan
o October/November – ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup India 2023
o December/January – Pakistan to Australia (three Tests)
o February/March – West Indies in Pakistan (two Tests, three T20Is)
o May – Pakistan to Netherlands (three T20Is), Ireland (three T20Is) and England (five T20Is)
o June – ICC Men’s T20 World Cup USA/West Indies 2024

[Rana]

Brilliant

[PakHammer]

[Hawkeye]

Wow Sethi.

Guess it was wrong when we thought he’d be a good chairman?

Shan as Vice Captain
Now Haroon as CS.

[Xoib]

Mamoon sb ka chairman providing gems.

[Major]

not bad.

atleast its not shakil sheikh,.

you guys had issue with misbah, inzamam and waseem jr. So now enjoy Haroon rasheed

[MenInG]

Najam Sethi has appointed former Test cricketer Haroon Rasheed as the national men's team chief selector.

Haroon, who was a member of Shahid Afridi-led interim selection committee which was appointed only for home New Zealand ODI series, has been appointed permanent chief selector.

"Following speculations, I finally confirm the appointment of Haroon Rasheed as the new chief selector," announced Sethi during a press conference in Lahore on Monday.

"We don't want to create any further misunderstandings due to a lot of speculation. Hence, I confirm this appointment. Haroon will get time to make his team and work for the betterment of Pakistan," he added.

[Rana]

What was the last team he selected before Misbah took over?

[shah_1]

He will be a yes man mostly

[Xoib]

So najam sethi will be the default CS it means

[shah_1]

So najam sethi will be the default CS it means

Sheikil Sheikh, not Najam Sethi

[gazza619]

This guy is pointless.

[Farah Sohail]

Worst decision ever

[JibranAnsari]

This is an important job but the new coach will be the main appointment. The previous selector selected almost all the performers from domestic.

Its upon the team management whom they play in the team.

[cricketjoshila]

Is this the same Haroon Rashid, the one who was with Pakistan in 90s?

[Farah Sohail]

Is this the same Haroon Rashid, the one who was with Pakistan in 90s?

Yes 🥴

[JibranAnsari]

Is this the same Haroon Rashid, the one who was with Pakistan in 90s?

Yes same old.

[Markhor]

Awful decision. At the end of Haroon's last tenure as CS - we were ranked 9 and 7 in ODIs and T20s. He also oversaw the 2015 Bangladesh whitewash defeat and 2016 WT20 group stage exit.

Notable selections including debuting 39 year old Rifatullah Mohmand, Khurram Manzoor in T20 format (with domestic T20 SR of 110) and Saad Nasim.

[Asif321]

When was he CS before ?

[JibranAnsari]

When was he CS before ?

2015 to 16 and may be some time in 90s.

[MenInG]

The World Cup selection will be done keeping in mind �� merit for which Pakistan #PSL2023 is a great opportunity for all old and new players to return to the team even if they were out of the team for any reason. Show performance, make place#PCB #Pakistan #PakistanCricket

— Haroon Rashid (@Haroon0nCricket) January 23, 2023

[Sher Khan]

The World Cup selection will be done keeping in mind �� merit for which Pakistan #PSL2023 is a great opportunity for all old and new players to return to the team even if they were out of the team for any reason. Show performance, make place#PCB #Pakistan #PakistanCricket

— Haroon Rashid (@Haroon0nCricket) January 23, 2023

So in other words, hit 2 sixes in a PSL match and make it to the Pakistan Cricket team?

[Sunny_majoka]

The World Cup selection will be done keeping in mind �� merit for which Pakistan #PSL2023 is a great opportunity for all old and new players to return to the team even if they were out of the team for any reason. Show performance, make place#PCB #Pakistan #PakistanCricket

— Haroon Rashid (@Haroon0nCricket) January 23, 2023

Amir, imad, wahab, even shoaib malik?

[Rana]

Looks like proper cricket selections will be back unlike the rubbish we have been served for 3 years

[Bewal Express]

not bad.

atleast its not shakil sheikh,.

you guys had issue with misbah, inzamam and waseem jr. So now enjoy Haroon rasheed

So now we are grateful that it wasnt as bad as feared.

[MenInG]

So in other words, hit 2 sixes in a PSL match and make it to the Pakistan Cricket team?

Looks like proper cricket selections will be back unlike the rubbish we have been served for 3 years

Yes.

[Farah Sohail]

The World Cup selection will be done keeping in mind �� merit for which Pakistan #PSL2023 is a great opportunity for all old and new players to return to the team even if they were out of the team for any reason. Show performance, make place#PCB #Pakistan #PakistanCricket

— Haroon Rashid (@Haroon0nCricket) January 23, 2023

So selection for 50 over worldcup will be based on t20 psl performance? Great vision from him (NOT)

[world cup captain]

Fixers have been given the green light to return. Let's show the world exactly how corrupt we can be!

[Mamoon]

So selection for 50 over worldcup will be based on t20 psl performance? Great vision from him (NOT)

That’s fine as long as PSL performances don’t influence Test selection.

PSL is a much bigger platform than domestic 50 over competition & it is a high pressure environment. Besides, the way ODI cricket is played today, if most of your ODI players cannot fit into T20 setup you will not have a good ODI team to be begin with.

[Mamoon]

People will moan about this because they have deluded themselves into thinking that Pakistan is loaded with talent & a progressive CS would unleash that talent.

Fact is that Pakistan has zero talent. 99.99% of the domestic players & so called young talents are rubbish.

The CS position is the least important post in PCB these days. It makes absolutely no difference regardless of who the CS is because the quality is simply not there.

As long as Haroon does the basics right, i.e. picks players who are performing in domestic cricket & doesn’t let his personal agenda influence his selection, he will be fine.

Basically, if he wants to succeed, he should look at what M. Wasim did & do the exact opposite..

[IAJ]

Lol, all we need now is Intikhab Alam back as head coach and Mohammad Ilyas also joining the selction committee, so we can welcome back Kamran Akmal and Imran Farhat for ODI WC.

[Sher Khan]

People are forgetting that it was Haroon Rasheed who selected and introduced the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sami Aslam etc. Into International Cricket.

He definitely does have an eye for talent and rewards youngsters mainly.Haroon Rasheed made some good selections and even brought back Shoaib Malik when he hit that purple patch of his.

[Extra_Cover]

Sethi, Shakil Shaikh and now Haroon Rashid. We are back in the "Baba" world where the higher your age the bigger the office you hold. Baba's to rule this modern world.

[Plumb]

So in the era of attacking/aggressive cricket we appoints someone whose credentials are from decades old cricket... and putting a stamp as if these people are doing something better for cricket...

...Haroon played 23 Tests and 12 ODIs from 1977 to 1983 and last held this position in 2015-16...

PCB--->Pure Comedy Board

[cricketjoshila]

Yes same old.

Okay looking forward to Imran as captain and Intikhab Alam as coach.

[Saj]

Probably a case of others making the decisions and Haroon just agreeing to those decisions.

[Bewal Express]

Lol, all we need now is Intikhab Alam back as head coach and Mohammad Ilyas also joining the selction committee, so we can welcome back Kamran Akmal and Imran Farhat for ODI WC.

Don't give these idiots any ideas.

[Bewal Express]

Probably a case of others making the decisions and Haroon just agreeing to those decisions.

The London plan but for cricket

[GLORY OF '92]

Can't be worse than Wasim.

This decade is a write off anyway.

[RedwoodOriginal]

Might as well bring back Intikhab Alam at this point lol.

[Ami]

Thinking out of the box is totally opposite to this.
This is the REAL Pakistan; the sort of backward thinking that has plagued the country for 75 years.
Status Quo at its finest!
You will see traits of this in future selections; corruption, back handers, cheats, favours to one's son/nephew, seniority re-inforced, apathy, uneducated cricketers, thick baskets, Imran Farhats, Faisal Iqbals...you name it, and you will find all.
Welcome back Purana Pakistan.

[ARK Rafay]

I was thinking that maybe they'll turn the clock back to 2017-18 but I wasn't expecting 2015.

Good Luck team and fans

[Markhor]

People are forgetting that it was Haroon Rasheed who selected and introduced the likes of Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, Sami Aslam etc. Into International Cricket.

He definitely does have an eye for talent and rewards youngsters mainly.Haroon Rasheed made some good selections and even brought back Shoaib Malik when he hit that purple patch of his.

Is that why he selected 39 year old Rifatullah Mohmand, whose reflexes were so slow I thought my stream was buffering ?

[Cricket-lion]

This selection is on par with the PM Shabaz Sharif. Absolutely thrash. The mafia has destroyed the country and PCB is next.

[JibranAnsari]

PSL PSL PSL , i am sick and tired of PSL.

Why not scrap the whole pakistan 50 overs cup if you are selecting odi players based on PSL. PSL hasnt given us one good batsman in 7 seasons.

Performing in PSL shouldnt be the criterion for ODI selection.

[Markhor]

Anyways, Haroon Rasheed is better than Iqbal Qasim and have done quite well in the past.

Iqbal Qasim was the worst CS we've had, and Haroon Rasheed was the 2nd worst.

What were Haroon's achievements as CS ? I already mentioned leaving us 9th and 7th in ODI and T20 rankings, the Bangladesh whitewash, and the 2016 WT20 group stage exit.

The Test team was Misbah's baby and little to do with Haroon.

[Amjid Javed]

Lol, all we need now is Intikhab Alam back as head coach and Mohammad Ilyas also joining the selction committee, so we can welcome back Kamran Akmal and Imran Farhat for ODI WC.

spot on, PCB the dinosaurs club.

[Saj]

PSL PSL PSL , i am sick and tired of PSL.

Why not scrap the whole pakistan 50 overs cup if you are selecting odi players based on PSL. PSL hasnt given us one good batsman in 7 seasons.

Performing in PSL shouldnt be the criterion for ODI selection.

That's all they are bothered about. PSL and T20 cricket.

No wonder we are one of the worst teams in the world when it comes to Test cricket.

[Savak]

The failures of Misbah and Mohd Wasim have forced the PCB to go back to the experienced old guard. It is likely that the likes of Inzi and Shoaib and Rashid Latif refused the role.

[Farah Sohail]

The failures of Misbah and Mohd Wasim have forced the PCB to go back to the experienced old guard. It is likely that the likes of Inzi and Shoaib and Rashid Latif refused the role.

Inzi said 2-3 days ago that he has not been contacted by PCB and if contacted, he will consider it..seems Inzi wasnt approached by PCB

[Cric1234]

Is that why he selected 39 year old Rifatullah Mohmand, whose reflexes were so slow I thought my stream was buffering ?

That could be because Mohmand was closer to 49 than 39 years old in real age and unable to show his class of youth.

[Cric1234]

That's all they are bothered about. PSL and T20 cricket.

No wonder we are one of the worst teams in the world when it comes to Test cricket.

The whole strategy and approach is wrong I’ve been saying it for years recent test cricket evolution requires a new aggressive approach not just to win matches but to win the fans again with this new approach and by selecting a half decent spinner home wins will come again away wins in SENA will be tougher but you can make a plan for those series too.

That’s the problem with Pakistan cricket people who aren’t involved with the team can do a better job than those in charge when that happens you know something isn’t right.

[Kianig89]

When Haroon played cricket there was no DRS color kits slower bouncers wagon wheel ramp shots, goes on to show how much PCB is aligned with modern cricket

[shah_1]

Najam Sethi has no vision at all. Look at him, not playing ODI against Afghanistan and playing T20Is instead in a ODI WC year.


I watched the press conference, he had no clue at all. Why would you hire 75 year old administrator? There are so many to pick from.

[Savak]

Must give respect to Haroon Rasheed. Give him at least 2 years on the job. Can't do any worse than Mohd Wasim

[Ashmal]

Wow....what a revolutionary appointment by Sethi the saviour.

[SamNJ]

When Haroon played cricket there was no DRS color kits slower bouncers wagon wheel ramp shots, goes on to show how much PCB is aligned with modern cricket

Same as Indian Chief Selector Chetan Sharma.

[hitthestump]

Probably a case of others making the decisions and Haroon just agreeing to those decisions.

This is very unfortunately going to be the case. He is there to pick up his salary and do what others tell him to do.

Sethi is not looking for any big personalities or upstarters under his reign. He wants to squeeze all of the juice out of the PCB in peace. We have seen this through the scrapping of the ODI series with Afghanistan, the appointment of Shan Masood as VC and now Haroon Rasheed as a "yes man" selector.

No doubt Sethi benefits personally from all of those decisions. I am already questioning his intentions only a few weeks into the role.

[Kianig89]

Same as Indian Chief Selector Chetan Sharma.

i think its Sharma' first stint unlike Superman Haroon who had been in bed with PCB since mid 90s

[Savak]

Haroon Rasheed cannot be any worse than Mohd Wasim

[Maliq_Mudasir]

CS may be irrelevant position in other countries, but in Pak the scarcity of talent makes it the most important one. When you have limited pool of talented cricketers, it makes your job tougher than ever.

[Nikhil_cric]

Chief Selector isn't the problem. Your players' lack of ability is. Anyway wasn't Haroon Rasheed the one who discovered Waqar Younis all those years ago. Seems to have an eye for talent?

[Asif321]

Wish lala had continued .