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Najam Sethi to head PCB
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday elected Najam Sethi as its Chairman.Sethi, also Chairman of Pakistan Super League (PSL), was elected unopposed at a meeting of the Board of Governors at the National Cricket Academy here. He will succeed Shaharyar Khan for three years.
Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday elected Najam Sethi as its Chairman.Sethi, also Chairman of Pakistan Super League (PSL), was elected unopposed at a meeting of the Board of Governors at the National Cricket Academy here. He will succeed Shaharyar Khan for three years.
Sethi, who had previously served as PCB Chairman intermittently in 2013-14, thanked the board members for their support.
He said the board's next challenge was to revive international cricket in Pakistan.
Congratulating Sethi, outgoing chairman Shaharyar said: "I am sure his experience and guidance will bring cricket in Pakistan to higher levels and will end Pakistan's isolation in international cricket."
As part of the revival of international cricket in Pakistan, the PCB is also planning to host a Twenty20 series against a World XI in Lahore. Sethi was was the key official behind the successful staging of Pakistan’s domestic Twenty20 league.
Although the two editions of Pakistan Super League were held in the United Arab Emirates, Sethi staged the final of the second edition of PSL at Lahore in March.
Sethi will be travelling to Sri Lanka on Thursday to chair the meeting of the Asian Cricket Council. He said he will discuss the Sri Lankan team’s tour to Pakistan later this year.
Pakistan is due to host Sri Lanka in October in the United Arab Emirates and Sethi said Pakistan wants to host Sri Lanka in Pakistan after the series ends in the UAE
