Zaka Ashraf on Friday provided a summary of the milestones achieved during his tenure as the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) management committee chairman.
Ashraf chaired the fourth meeting of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s Management Committee (MC) on Friday at the National Cricket Academy in Lahore. Among the ten members of the committee, one member, Mr. Khurram Karim Somroo, joined the meeting online.
Prominent among those who attended the meeting were Kalim Ullah Khan, Ashfaq Akhtar, Muhammad Mussadiq Islam, Azmat Pervez, Zaheer Abbas, Khawaja Nadeem, Mustafa Ramday andd Zulfiqar Malik.
Members were briefed on PCB affairs and financial matters. The CFO presented periodic management accounts and financial projections for the remainder of the current fiscal year.
According to a summary presented by Ashraf, ''There is a significant increase in PCB contributions from the ICC. BCCI delegation visited Pakistan for the first time since 2008. Pakistan won the Emerging Asia Cup (Pakistan Shaheens) and an away Test series against Sri Lanka''.
''Pakistan regained the No. 1 ODI spot in the ICC rankings. Pakistan hosted the Asia Cup after 15 years. Up to 80 women's domestic contracts are offered for the first time. Pakistan women won the T20I series against South Africa 3-0 for the first time''.
''Pakistan women's team won a T20I series against New Zealand for the first time. Media rights and live-streaming rights for the Pakistan Super League 9 and 10 were tendered and yielded the highest offers ever,'' the summary stated.
''Service Level Agreement signed with DineticQ, a subsidiary of Loughborough University, for the integration of science, artificial intelligence, and biomechanics in Pakistan’s cricket ecosystem. MoU executed with Middlesex County Cricket Club (MCCC) for collaboration on multiple projects for cricket development''.
''Understanding reached with Cricket Australia for player development, strategic alliance between the PSL-BBL, curator training programmes, and reciprocal tours for men and women in junior cricket.''
Ashraf thanked members of the management committee, the PCB management, and staff for their support during this tenure. Members of the management committee and the PCB management expressed their gratitude to Ashraf for his leadership.
At the end of the meeting, Ashraf announced that he had decided to tender his resignation as chairman and member of the MC to the honourable Patron Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar.
In his concluding remarks, Ashraf thanked the honourable patron, PCB, for the confidence and trust reposed by him and extended his best wishes and prayers for the betterment of the country and Pakistan cricket.
