Last week an announcement was made, the announcement that every Pakistani cricket fan had been waiting for. Ijaz Butt is now no longer chairman of PCB!!! That is probably the best thing that happened to Pakistan cricket since hes arrived (other than the t20 world cup, of course). Maybe for once, PCB will actually be in peace. Zardari has come to his senses and and not prolonged butts tenure. So, the new man in is Zaka Ashraf who is the president of the ZTBL bank. I'm ecstatic that Ijaz Butt has finally left the PCB, but i'm a bit worried about this new man. He has come from a business background, so i guess that means he might be better then handling issues better then Butt. But the thing is, Ashraf had absolutely nothing to do with sports before he was appointed chairman. He has a totally agricultural background and had nothing at all to do with cricket. So wouldn't it have been better to have chosen someone with some experience? Such as Zaheer Abbas who had also applied for the job? Ashraf is a great businessman, but considering that he has no cricket background, him becoming the chairman, the person who makes and influences all the decisions made for Pakistan cricket....is kinda bizarre.
I have a feeling that Zardari may have shown a bit of favouritism when choosing Ashraf as chairman. If so, i cant wait for Zardari to leave too. Although, Ashraf has shown a lot of interest in being chairman and has made a lot of positive statements so far. He really hopes that he becomes a good chairman. Ashraf has been appointed at a crucial time, we are still in a rebuilding phase and are about to have a series with one of the major teams in test cricket. Plus the spot fixing trials are coming up too. So will this guy, Ashraf be able to do what Butt hadnt been able to do? Find the balance needed? Can he have a tenure which wont be as sparked as controversies like Butts?
There is one thing that is confusing me though, PCB has stated that Ashraf cant be the chairman till hes not the chairman of the ZTBL bank, and just last month, Zardari had extended his ZTBL bank chairman tenure for another month. So what is this going on? Is the Pakistan cricket board chairmanless at the moment? Or is Zardari just playing games?
I'd just like to remind Zardari that cricket...is this countrys passion, our honour lies in cricket. Cricket is the one thing that usually brings this country together. We have the talent to do well and make our country proud. So this matter should be taken seriously, because it will affect the future a lot.
I have a feeling that Zardari may have shown a bit of favouritism when choosing Ashraf as chairman. If so, i cant wait for Zardari to leave too. Although, Ashraf has shown a lot of interest in being chairman and has made a lot of positive statements so far. He really hopes that he becomes a good chairman. Ashraf has been appointed at a crucial time, we are still in a rebuilding phase and are about to have a series with one of the major teams in test cricket. Plus the spot fixing trials are coming up too. So will this guy, Ashraf be able to do what Butt hadnt been able to do? Find the balance needed? Can he have a tenure which wont be as sparked as controversies like Butts?
There is one thing that is confusing me though, PCB has stated that Ashraf cant be the chairman till hes not the chairman of the ZTBL bank, and just last month, Zardari had extended his ZTBL bank chairman tenure for another month. So what is this going on? Is the Pakistan cricket board chairmanless at the moment? Or is Zardari just playing games?
I'd just like to remind Zardari that cricket...is this countrys passion, our honour lies in cricket. Cricket is the one thing that usually brings this country together. We have the talent to do well and make our country proud. So this matter should be taken seriously, because it will affect the future a lot.
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