Cricket Australia officials to visit Pakistan in September

Cricket Australia Chairman Earl Edings and Chief Executive Kevin Roberts will visit Pakistan from September 16 to 18, while England and Wales Cricket Board Chief Executive and a director will visit later in October, announced Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ehsan Mani.

The announcement came during the 55th PCB’s Board of Governors (BoG) meeting held in Lahore. Furthermore, the BoG constituted a three-member Nominations Committee to strengthen the governance structure of the PCB in accordance with Clause 41 of the PCB Constitution 2019.

The three-member committee will be chaired by Asad Ali Khan and will comprise Shahrez Abdullah Khan and Bakhtiar Khawaja (independent) as members. PCB Senior Legal Counsel, Barrister Salman Naseer, will act as Secretary of the committee.

The committee will be responsible for making recommendations to the BoG on the appointment of four independent directors to the BoG, Election commissioner, Deputy election commissioner and adjudicators.

Among the four independent directors, there will be, for the first time in the PCB’s history, a female director.

The BoG acknowledged and appreciated the PCB’s efforts in convincing Sri Lanka Cricket to send their team for the ODI and T20I series, which will be played from September 27 till October 9 and advised the cricketing board to put in place best arrangements for the visiting team.