Miandad given PCB role

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

Legend takes up new job

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.