Suspended cricket chief Najam Sethi vowed earlier today to appeal against a court judgement which reinstated his rival in the latest round of musical chairs in the game’s management.
The Islamabad high court on Saturday overturned a February 10 order by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif appointing Sethi as chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) and sacking Zaka Ashraf.
Saturday’s judgement reinstated Ashraf for the second time this year, after he was initially suspended by the same court in in 2013 over “dubious elections”.
Sethi said the court judgement would be challenged “vigorously and swiftly.”
“The good steps we took to professionalise and invigorate cricket and clean up the PCB will not be allowed to go in vain,” Sethi told the press.
Sethi appointed several coaches, including head coach Waqar Younis and batting coach Grant Flower of Zimbabwe earlier this month in a bid to improve team’s performance in next year’s World Cup to be co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand.
On the other hand Ashraf told Pakistani media.“A good number of decisions and appointments have been made by the previous PCB set-up. I will review each one of them to decide if these were made on merit,”
The frequent changes in PCB’s set up has raised concerns in the International Cricket Council (ICC), which finds it difficult to finalise important issues with frequent changes in Pakistan cricket management.
