Former Test captain Inzamam-ul-Haq will take over as Pakistan’s chief team selector, even as manager Mickey Arthur and head coach Grant Bradburn will find out next week if they will still serve on the national selection committee.
Sources confirmed that Inzamam has given his consent to return to being paid chief selector after he held the role between 2016 and 2019.
“Members of the Cricket Technical Committee including Misbah ul Haq, Inzamam and Muhammad Hafeez have been discussing the new selection committee and it has not yet been decided whether Arthur and Bradburn should remain members of it,” the source said. PTI.
He said Misbah would make his recommendation to board chairman Zaka Ashraf after taking captain Babar Azam’s point of view on whether the experiment of having the team manager and head coach on the selection panel has been beneficial to the team.
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“Once Babar’s views are taken, the Cricket Technical Committee will also finalize its recommendation for the president.” The decision to be made is whether only Inzamam should take over as the new head of selection or the entire selection committee should be renewed.
During Najam Sethi’s tenure as head of the Cricket Management Committee (CMC), a new selection committee was announced and included Arthur and Bradburn and also secretary Hasan Cheema, who looks after Pakistan team data analysts. .
No other former Pakistani player was named to the committee headed by Haroon Rasheed, who was part of the old CMC.
The source said that next week would be important because if Arthur and Bradburn are dropped from the selection process, they may not be happy as they only accepted managerial jobs after receiving firm assurances from Sethi that they would have a say in selection matters. .
Arthur has yet to physically join the squad as he has been busy with his managerial assignment with Derbyshire, but he is scheduled to take charge of the squad for the latter part of the Asian Cup and will be available for the World Cup in India and the tour to Australia later in the year.
Inzamam has worked with Arthur during his previous tenure, which included winning the 2017 Champions Trophy and the 2019 ICC World Cup.
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