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Salman Butt appointed PCB selection panel member

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has appointed former Pakistan cricketers Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Salman Butt as consultant members to chief selector Wahab Riaz. The three have assumed their responsibilities in the selection panel with immediate effect. Their first assignment as consultant members to the chief selector includes the upcoming five-match T20I series against New Zealand, set to commence on 12 January 2024 following the conclusion of the Test tour to Australia. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Sports

Pakistan unveils squad for Australia tour

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chief Selector Wahab Riaz announced on Monday an 18-member Pakistan Test squad for the tour to Australia. Shan Masood will be leading the side in his first assignment as Test captain. He was named Pakistan’s captain for the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle after taking over the reins from Babar Azam last week. Read More…

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Hafsa Mustafa Posted in Sports

Wahab Riaz appointed as Pakistan’s chief selector

Former Pakistan fast bowler Wahab Riaz has been appointed as the chief selector of the national men’s selection committee following the resignation of Inzamam-ul-Haq. According to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), Wahab Riaz’s first assignment will be the selection of the national men’s squad for the three-match Test series against Australia and the five-match T20I series against New Zealand. Read More…

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Wahab Riaz names his son after his late father

Lahore: Test cricketer and Adviser to Punjab Chief Minister on Sports and Youth Affairs Wahab Riaz named his newborn baby boy after his late father. Taking to Twitter, the cricketer said that his son would be called ‘Sikander’ in memory of his beloved father. Riaz shared a photograph of his late father and wrote on the microblogging platform that Alhamdulillah Allah blessed him with a baby boy. Read More…

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Wahab Riaz to retire after World Cup 2023

Wahab Riaz, a Pakistani right-arm pacer, has declared his retirement from international cricket after the 2023 World Cup in India. The 36-year-old pacer, who was on TV as a sports analyst on a TV channel during the T20 World Cup and hasn't batted for Pakistan in a while, claimed in a recent interview that he believes he has a few years of "good cricket" left in him. “Everyone has to say goodbye to cricket one day. But my target is to carry on playing until the 2023 World Cup, that… Read More…

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