Pakistan Cricket Board

The Pakistan Cricket Board - PCB ( Urdu پاکستان کرکٹ بورڈ) controls and organises all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan National Cricket Team. 

Following the establishment of Pakistan as an independent dominion of the British Empire in 1947, professional and amateur cricket commenced in the same year, seeing as local infrastructure had already been established when the country was part of the British Indian Empire.  Cricket matches were arranged informally until 1948, when a Board of Control was formally instituted.  Pakistan was admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference (currently known as International Cricket Council) in July 1952, and has since been a full member, playing Test cricket.  The team's first Test series took place in India between October and December 1952. 

The PCB also runs its own cricket league which is named as the Pakistan Super League. 

Inaugural Board of Control 
The Pakistan Cricket Board was inaugurated on 1 May 1949 as the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP).  The first meeting, held in the committee rooms of Lahore Gymkhana, saw HE The Nawab of Mamdot made president and chairman, with Justice A. R. Cornelius as one of three vice-Presidents.  The following year Cornelius became chairman of the working committee, until he relinquished his connection with the board in early 1953. 

The working chairman was always one of the three vice-presidents.  In April 1957 Ayub Khan imposed three more new vice-presidents (himself being one of them).  Then between December 1958 and September 1969 the post of vice-president disappeared. 

Committees
The response to turmoil within the board has on four occasions been to suspend the rules and appoint an ad hoc committee.  The first ad hoc committee was appointed in September 1960 and did not disband until May 1963 having created a new constitution.  The President of Pakistan would now nominate the board president who would in turn nominate the other members of the Executive Committee to sit for a period of three years.  Representatives of the four provincial cricket associations and Government departments formed the Executive Committee. 

The BCCP was re-organised in the 1970s and was headed by former cricketers, professional administrators and trustees, who were often businessmen.  In November 1976 players' demands for increased salaries reached a crisis and the Pakistan Sports Board took over running the B.C.C.P.'s affairs.  Long-serving president, the formidable Kardar, was in the thick of the dispute.  The revolt against Kardar forced him to resign in May 1977 and led to a new Ad Hoc Committee replacing the Board Council in 1978 running Pakistan cricket and again changing the constitution.  Provincial Cricket Associations were eliminated and divisional and city CAs became members, giving most of the influence to the city Cricket Association of Lahore and Karachi. 

The Board now governed a network of teams sponsored by corporations and banks, city associations and clubs.  There is no province-based official team type organisation of domestic cricket in Pakistan and Lahore and Karachi cities are the two top tiers of all cricket, including reservoirs of fresh talent. 

Pakistan cricket was involved by dissension and controversies over the national team's poor performance during the tour of India and a public uproar forced the end of the Ad Hoc Committee.  The chairman and team captain Asif Iqbal had to step down.  Air Marshal Nur Khan now became chairman and he saw the banks and other organisations increase their participation on the Board Council in the face of protests from the zonal organisations. 

A third ad hoc committee under Javed Burki took charge of BCCP affairs in January 1994 and made a new constitution including giving a new name, the Pakistan Cricket Board (P.C.B.) It introduced a chairman and chief executive. 

After taking heavy criticism on the grounds of corruption and match fixing, the Board was taken over by a fourth Ad Hoc Committee formed on 17 July 1999 which remains in place despite undertakings from Musharraf to bring it to an end.  The Pakistan Cricket Board re-emerged by taking the initiative to sponsor the hugely successful 2004 tour of Pakistan by their rivals India.  The Pakistan Cricket Board has competed and has associated itself with the Twenty20 cricket form and has also proven popular and hopes to similarly revive popular interest in domestic games.  However, Pakistan's early exit from the 2007 World Cup cast a shadow and later Dr. Nasim Ashraf's resigned at the end of 2008. 

Ejaz Butt was named the PCB Chairman in October 2008.  Zaka Ashraf took over from Butt in October 2011. 

On 28 May 2013, Zaka Ashraf was suspended as PCB Chairman by Islamabad High Court due to a dubious election.  The newly sworn in Government of Nawaz Sharif named Najam Sethi as acting PCB Chairman.  On 15 October 2013, the governing council of the Pakistan Cricket Board was dissolved by the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif, and an interim five man management committee was named consisting of acting chairman Najam Sethi‚ Shahryar Khan, two former players (Zaheer Abbas and Haroon Rasheed, and former team manager Naveed Cheema. 

On 15 January 2014, Zaka Ashraf was reinstated as PCB Chairman.  The PML-N Government was unhappy with the reinstatement (since Ashraf was a PPP appointee), and this led to Ashraf's sacking.  In February, PCB Governing Board was dissolved and an eight-member management committee (comprising Shakil Sheikh, Shaharyar Khan, Zaheer Abbas, Iqbal Qasim, Naveed Akram Cheema, Yusaf Naseem Khokar and Faridullah Khan, the secretary IPC).  Najam Sethi was elected as chairman by the management committee. 

Domestic cricket
The major domestic competitions are: 
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, inaugurated in 1953–1954
President’s Trophy Grade-I
National One-day Championship
Pakistan Super League
National T20 Cup

Controversies 
The board is known to have constant rifts and conflicts with Pakistan player Shahid Afridi. 

In 2011, Shahid Afridi announced he would retire and also resign as ODI captain.  He said the PCB had mistreated him.  He went on-record to say that the board was "dishonourable" and that he would "not play under this board" because it "doesn't respect its players".  The PCB then announced that for Afridi to announce his retirement like that was a breach of his contract and he had 7 days to re-think his decision and reply.  However, he insisted that he would not return until the board was replaced, which led to the PCB suspending his contract and fining him 4.5 million rupees ($52,300).  Afridi's no-objection certificate (NOC) was also revoked, preventing him from playing for Hampshire.  He filed a petition to overturn the sanctions but withdrew it in June from an out-of-court settlement with the PCB where they agreed to sign off his NOC.  Afridi's ask for the replacement of the board was also soon partly completed when Ijaz Butt was replaced as PCB chairman, which prompted him to come out of retirement.  Even after he came back, PCB highlighted that Afridi did not apologise. 

In March 2016, Pakistan was eliminated from the 2016 ICC World Twenty20 after losing to India, New Zealand and Australia.  Many were left disappointed after this and the PCB announced they would take action.  There were initial talks that Ahmed Shehzad and Umar Akmal could face a potential 2-year ban following their poor performance but this was not verified.  However, the focus was on Waqar Younis and Shahid Afridi.  The highlight of this was that Waqar Younis had written up a 6-page report on recommendations along with discreet reasons he though contributed to the failure.  However, the PCB were accused of leaking this report to the media, where all details were publicised, particularly popularising the fact Waqar thought it was Afridi's fault.  The PCB then refused to meet with Younis, confirming to most that they were responsible in leaking the files.  Younis announced his resignation due to this just after Afridi resigned as T20 captain in April 2016.  He said the PCB's actions were a disgrace.  The PCB apologised to Waqar Younis for the leak on 6 April 2016. 

In September 2016, PCB leaked plans and rumours that Shahid Afridi was either being left out of the new 2-year contract or retiring out of choice.  Afridi released a statement saying it was unfair for them to do so.  He then asked for a farewell match, saying it was his right.  However, PCB members said he cancelled a meeting about the issue and wanted him to have his farewell match but that he hadn't contacted them. 

Governance of Pakistan cricket

 Presidents and Chairmen of Pakistan Cricket Board:

 Iftikhar Hussain Khan, Nawab of Mamdot – May 1948 – March 1950
 Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Khan – March 1950 – Sept 1951
 Abdus Sattar Pirzada – September 1951 – May 1953
 Mian Aminuddin – March 1953 – July 1954
 Muhammad Ali Bogra – July 1954 – September 1955
 Maj.  Gen Iskander Mirza – September 1955 – December 1958
 Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan – Dec 1958 – June 1960
 Justice A.R.Cornelius – 1960 – May 1963
 Syed Fida Hassan – June 1963 – May 1969
 Ikram Ahmed Khan (President) – May 1969 – May 1972
 Abdul Hafeez Kardar – May 1972 – April 1977
 Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain – April 1977 – July 1978
 Lt Gen (Retd) Kh.  Muhammad.  Azhar – August 1978 – February 1980
 Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Nur Khan – February 1980 – February 1984
 Lt Gen. (Retd) Ghulam Safdar Butt – February 1984 – February 1988
 Lt Gen. (Retd) Zahid Ali Akbar Khan – February 1988 – September 1992
 Justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah – October 1992 – December 1994
 Javed Burki – January 1994 – March 1995
 Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bukhari – March 1995 – January 1998
 Khalid Mahmood – January 1998 – July 1999
 Mujeeb ur Rehman – August 1999 – October 1999
 Dr. Zafar Altaf – October 1999 – December 1999
 Lt.  Gen. Tauqir Zia – December 1999 – 2003
 Shaharyar Khan – December 2003 – October 2006 
 Dr. Nasim Ashraf – October 2006 – August 2008
 Ijaz Butt October – 2008 – October 2011
 Zaka Ashraf – October 2011 – 28 May 2013 (suspended by IHC)
 Najam Sethi – June 2013 – January 2014
 Zaka Ashraf – January 2014 – February 2014 (Reinstated as Chairman by IHC)
 Najam Sethi – February 2014 – 16 May 2014
 Justice (R) Jamshed Ali Shah - July 2014 (Acting Chairman) 
 Shaharyar Khan – May 2014 – August 2017
 Najam Sethi – August 2017 – August 2018
 Ehsan Mani – August 2018 – Present

 Secretary:

 Bashir Ahmad                      1965–1971
 Dr Zafar Altaf                    1972–1975
 Khalid Mahmood                 1975–1976
 Lt Col Zafar Ahmad             1977–1978
 Lt Col (Retd) Rafi Nasim     1978–1980
 Zulfiqar Ahmad                    1986
 Muhammad Ijaz Butt            1986–1988
 Arif Ali Khan Abbasi           1988–1991
 Shahid Rafi                           1991–1994
 Ghulam Mustafa Khan       1995–1997
 Waqar Ahmad                    1997–1999
 Shafqat Rana                      1999–2000

 Chief executive officers and directors:

 Arif Ali Khan Abbasi           1995–1996
 Majid Khan                     1996–1999
 Yawar Saeed                   1999–2000
 Brig Munawar Ahmad Rana        2000–2002
 Chishti Mujahid                2002–2003
 Ramiz Hasan Raja               2003–2004
 Abbas Zaidi                    2004–2006

 Chief operating officers:

 Shafqat Hussain Naghmi     2007–2008
 Salim Altaf                2008–2009
 Wasim Bari                 2009–2010           
 Subhan Ahmed               2010–Present

Offices 
The PCB office is located near the Qadafi Stadium Lahore.  All PCB Officials sit there during the weekdays from 9AM to 5PM. 

PCB Annual Awards 2017
Pakistan Cricket Board for the first time held inaugural awards in 2012.  This new PCB initiative is meant to recognize, acknowledge and honour Pakistan’s prime cricketing talent that has consistently stood out on the field of play. 

PCB initiative to Revive Cricket in Pakistan

Australian envoy visits PCB Headquarters

The Australian Higher Commissioner to Pakistan, Peter Heyward, visited the PCB headquarters at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore on 3 September 2012.  He appreciated the board’s efforts to bring cricket back in Pakistan.  He further said he always love to see the Australian team playing against Pakistan in front of Pakistani people and at their home grounds. 

Asian Cricket Council Development Committee

The Asian Cricket Council Development Committee meeting was held in Islamabad on 24 September 2012 and was chaired by Zaka Ashraf.  The Chairman PCB called on the members to come over to Pakistan to play cricket.  ACC members assured the then Chairman of their support and Chief Executive of ACC Syed Ashraful Haq said they felt no security concern in Pakistan and considered playing cricket here to be safe as anywhere in the world. 

ICC CEO visits NCA

David Richardson, the chief executive of International Cricket Council, visited National Cricket Academy on 12 January 2013.  He said that Pakistan Cricket Board is working very hard to bring International Cricket back to Pakistan and it is our role to support Pakistan Cricket Board in its efforts to revive international cricket whenever it is possible. 

See also
 Pakistan Blind Cricket Council
 Pakistan Super League

References

http://jursonline.com/pakistan-receives-test-mace/

External links
 Official website

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