Misbah-ul-Haq: Former captain to head Pakistan's Cricket Technical Committee

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has officially formed the Cricket Technical Committee (CTC), and it will be led by former captain Misbah-ul-Haq. The committee will also include former skippers Inzamam-ul-Haq and Mohammad Hafeez as its members. Additionally, the head of the PCB's domestic cricket department and a representative of the chairman of the Cricket Management Committee will be part of the committee.

There were prior speculations about Zaka Ashraf forming the cricket committee with Misbah as its head, and it was reported that a meeting had already taken place. However, the official announcement of the committee came after another former captain, Rashid Latif, clarified that he had no association with any PCB committee.

The Cricket Technical Committee's primary role will be to provide recommendations on various cricket-related matters to the chairman, who will make the final decisions. This includes areas such as the overall domestic structure, scheduling, playing conditions, appointments of national selection committees and national team coaches, central and domestic contracts, and plans for the development of umpires, referees, and curators.

The committee will also have the authority to invite additional cricket experts and will report regularly to the head of the PCB Management Committee.

Speaking about the formation of the committee, Zaka Ashraf stated, "These three former captains possess great cricket knowledge and understand the demands of modern-day cricket. Domestic cricket structure is a pillar of any cricketing nation. We have to make it fool-proof and its structure progressive." "The presence of Misbah, Inzamam and Hafeez, three of Pakistan's most experienced and decorated cricketers who rose through the domestic ranks, will help us in providing our cricketers the best system to thrive so that we can produce the best cricketers."

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(With PTI inputs)