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02-Mar-2010 15:45:00 GMT
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Mohsin Khan Appointed New Pakistan Chief Selector

Islamabad: Former Test batsman Mohsin Khan was appointed as chief selector by the Pakistan Cricket Board on Tuesday.

He is the fourth chief selector in the last eight months. Khan replaced Iqbal Qasim, who resigned after Australia whitewashed Pakistan 3-0 in the Test series and 5-0 in the one-dayers last month.

Mohammad Ilyas, Salim Jaffer and Azhar Khan will continue as regular members of the selection panel while Asif Baloch and Farrukh Zaman will be co-opted members of the committee, the PCB said in a statement.

Khan, 54, played 48 Tests from 1978-86 and scored 2,709 runs at an average of 37.10. Together with Mudassar Nazar, he formed one of Pakistan's most dependable opening pair. He also featured in 75 one-day internationals and made 1,877 runs (26.81).

Last June, former Test leg-spinner Abdul Qadir resigned over differences with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt during the World Twenty20. Wasim Bari, who was later named as PCB chief operating officer, served as interim chief selector before Qasim took over.

Qasim resigned after Pakistan's disastrous tour of Australia, where it also lost the only Twenty20 International.


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