Pakistan chief selector and head coach Misbah-ul-Haq on Wednesday said Babar Azam has been given the ODI captaincy keeping in mind the 2023 World Cup in mind so that the ace batsman can be groomed in three years' time for the showpiece event.
South Africa women's upcoming ODI series against the West Indies, scheduled to begin at the end of the month in Jamaica and Trinidad, has been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
Former Test spinner Nadeem Khan has been appointed as the PCBs Director -- High Performance following a robust recruitment process. Nadeem was one of the 16 candidates who had applied for the role and was subsequently interviewed by Iqbal Qasim (Chairman, Cricket Committee), Wasim Akram (Member, Cricket Committee), David Parsons (Ex-Performance Director – ECB) and Wasim Khan (Chief Executive, PCB).
For quite sometime now, there have been talks about split captaincy in the Indian side, with different leaders for white ball and red ball format. Former England skipper Nasser Hussain, who is known to speak his mind, believes that it might not be the best idea after all. In a podcast for Cricbuzz, Hussain said that Virat Kohli might not be comfortable sharing the responsibility of captaincy with other teammate.
Who says Test matches can't have thrilling, nail-biting finishes. It was possibly the last over of Misbah-ul-Haq and Younis Khan's long Test career in the Caribbean, with the three-match series tied 1-1. All Pakistan needed was a wicket to win their first ever away series against West Indies.
Hasan Ali, Mohammad Amir and Wahab Riaz have missed out on central contracts but will remain in contention for selection in what will be a busier cricket season as compared to the one that has just concluded, while Imam-ul-Haq, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Yasir Shah have slipped one category each.
Babar replaces Sarfraz Ahmed as skipper in white-ball cricket, an expected decision given the latter's form had deteriorated to the point that he was dropped from the team across all formats.