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Thursday, February 4, 2010

MPs to Meet Zardari for Cricket Reshuffle

MPs to Meet Zardari for Cricket Reshuffle

A parliamentary sports committee will meet Pakistan President Asif Zardari to recommend changes in the national cricket set-up which lawmakers believe has failed, an official said Thursday.

The parliamentary committee has grilled the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) over its alleged poor management and the national team’s dismal performance on tour in Australia.

Pakistan lost the three-Test series 3-0 and five-match one-day series 5-0, a whitewash which prompted the committee and fans to demand the sacking of coach Intikhab Alam and PCB top officials, including chairman Ijaz Butt.

Committee head Jamshed Dasti told reporters that members of the committee will soon meet Zardari, patron of the PCB.

“We have already recommended the patron to sack Butt, who has failed to deliver, and sack coach Intikhab Alam, PCB chief operating officer Wasim Bari and bring some new people. Now we will request action,” Dasti said.

The committee also recommended that PCB accounts be frozen to stop alleged financial irregularities.

Former PCB chief selector Iqbal Qasim, who resigned over the poor performance in Australia, criticised a lack of team discipline.

“There is lack of discipline among the team players,” Qasim told the committee. “All players were free to issue statements and (each) said whatever he liked during the Australia tour.

“There should be some discipline in the team and all those who violated the rules must be punished,” Qasim, who refused to rescind his resignation, told a two-day committee hearing.

Butt has vowed to fight on, refusing to resign.

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