Zaka Ashraf Resigns As PCB Chairman

Zaka Ashraf has announced his resignation as Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman and member of the management committee (MC) on Friday.

The development came during the fourth meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Management Committee (MC) in Lahore. Among the attendees were Mr Khurram Karim Somroo, Mr Kalim Ullah Khan, Mr Ashfaq Akhtar, Mr Muhammad Mussadiq Islam, Mr Azmat Pervez, Mr Zaheer Abbas, Mr Khawaja Nadeem, Mr Mustafa Ramday, ASC, Mr Zulfiqar Malik and Mr Zaka Ashraf (chair).

Members were briefed on PCB affairs and financial matters. The CFO presented periodic Management Accounts and financial projections for the remaining current fiscal year.

Chairman MC Mr Zaka Ashraf provided a summary of the milestones achieved during the tenure of the current MC which was constituted in the first week of July. These include:

• There is a significant increase in PCB contributions from the ICC
• BCCI delegation visited Pakistan for first time since 2008
• Pakistan won the Emerging Asia Cup (Pakistan Shaheens) and away Test series against Sri Lanka
• Pakistan regained the No.1 ODI spot in ICC rankings
• Pakistan hosted Asia Cup after 15 years
• Up to 80 women’s domestic contracts offered for the first time
• Pakistan women won the T20I series against South Africa 3-0 for the first time
• Pakistan women’s team won T20I series against New Zealand for the first time
• Media Rights and Live-streaming Rights for HBL Pakistan Super League 9 & 10 were tendered and yielded the highest offers ever
•  Service Level Agreement signed with DineticQ, subsidiary of Loughborough University for integration of science, artificial intelligence, and bio mechanics in Pakistan’s cricket ecosystem
• MoU executed with Middlesex County Cricket Club (MCCC) for collaboration on multiple projects for cricket development
• Understanding reached with Cricket Australia for player development, strategic alliance between HBL PSL-BBL, Curator training programs, and reciprocal tours for Men and Women junior cricket

He thanked members of the MC, the PCB management, and staff for their support during this tenure. Members of the MC and the PCB management expressed their gratitude to the Chairman MC for his leadership.

At the end of the meeting, Mr Zaka Ashraf announced that he had decided to tender his resignation as chairman and member of the MC to the honourable Patron Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar.

In his concluding remarks, Mr Zaka Ashraf, thanked the honorable Patron PCB for the confidence and trust reposed by him and extended his best wishes and prayers for the betterment of Pakistan and Pakistan cricket.