Banned Pak player's father-in-law appointed as chairman of junior selection committee.Byline: ANI Lahore, Nov 22 (ANI): The father-in-law of banned Pakistani opener Imran Farhat Imran Farhat (born 20 May, 1982 in Lahore) is a Pakistani cricketer who has played 20 Tests and 26 one-day internationals for Pakistan, opening the batting in 47 of his 49 international innings. When in form, Farhat is an excellent player of the pull shot. , Muhammad Ilyas, has been appointed by the PCB as chairman of the national junior selection committee. Illyas, a former opener, has played 10 official and unofficial Tests, with a combined average of 43.2 for Pakistan. Farhat is currently playing with his brother Humayun in the ICL (International Computers Ltd., London) The former name of Fujitsu Services, the European-centered arm of the global Fujitsu Group and one of the leading IT services companies in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. . "The other five members of the committee are former Test and first class cricketers," a spokesman for the PCB told the Daily Times. The members are Basit Ali (Karachi), Furrukh Zaman (NWFP NWFP North-West Frontier Province (northwest Pakistan) NWFP Northwest Forest Plan NWFP Non-Wood Forest Product ), Ali Ahmad (Lahore), Asif Baloch (Balochistan) and Afzal Gujjar (Hyderabad-Sindh). "It is the first time that former first class cricketers have been named as selectors because we firmly believe they have an ample experience to identify talent at the grassroots level," he added. The PCB official said that former Test fast bowler Saleem Jaffar and opening batsman Shoaib Mohammad had been retained in the senior national selection committee. Saleem was the chief selector in the interim selection committee while Shoaib - son of former Test captain Hanif Mohammad - and Ijaz Ahmed are the other members. Former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir was named the new chief selector on Thursday. Ijaz has been dropped after Qadir's inclusion, but he is expected to take over as fielding coach, either with the Pakistan team or at the National Cricket Academy. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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