Miandad given PCB role

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Last updated: 19th November 2008

Miandad given PCB role

Miandad: back in the establishment

I want to have a system of checks and balances for all cricket related matters.

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Former captain and coach Javed Miandad has been appointed director-general of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Miandad, 51, appeared in 124 Tests and 233 one-day internationals from 1975-1996 and is Pakistan's leading Test run scorer with 8,832.

His third stint as Pakistan coach ended in 2004 after a home series loss to India and he has since had an acrimonious relationship with the PCB.

"Miandad will be looking after all cricket-related matters in the board," PCB chief operating officer Saleem Altaf told Reuters.

Miandad's immediate priority is to improve the domestic cricket structure.

"I want to have a system of checks and balances for all cricket related matters," he said.

Miandad is the fourth former Test player to be brought into a key position by recently appointed PCB chairman Ejaz Butt, a former international himself.

Since taking charge in October, Butt has hired Saleem Altaf as chief operating officer, Wasim Bari as director of human resources and Aamer Sohail as academy director.

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