LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shehryar Khan announced on Tuesday that Chief Selector Moin Khan had been recalled to Pakistan from the World Cup.
Speaking to reporters, Khan said Moin Khan would be returning to the country immediately.
"I have informed Moin of the serious nature of the situation and told him to return immediately so that he can
By ONLINE
February 24, 2015
LAHORE: Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Shehryar Khan announced on Tuesday that Chief Selector Moin Khan had been recalled to Pakistan from the World Cup.
Speaking to reporters, Khan said Moin Khan would be returning to the country immediately.
"I have informed Moin of the serious nature of the situation and told him to return immediately so that he can explain the situation himself and by that time we will also have the full picture."
The PCB had initiated a probe into Moin Khan’s visit to a Christchurch casino ahead of the team's match against the West Indies.
The board had tasked team manager Naveed Akram Cheema to conduct the probe who presented his findings to the PCB Chairman.
Earlier on Tuesday, Moin Khan contacted PCB officials and maintained that he had visited the casino for dinner and not to gamble.
Naveed Akram Cheema has been named as the selection committee chairman for the team's remaining matches. Cheema along with coach Waqar Younis and skipper Misbah-ul-Haq will select the squad for Pakistan’s remaining World Cup matches.
Moin Khan, a former test captain, had visited a casino prior to the match against West Indies in which Pakistan were hammered by 150 runs -- their worst ever defeat in a World Cup.
Moin, who was removed as the team manager before the World Cup, was sent with the team for the World Cup -- a surprise move as in the past the PCB never allowed its chief selector to accompany the team on foreign tours.
The Pakistan board and team has come under fire after losing its first two matches to fierce rivals India and West Indies and also losing a one-day series in New Zealand.
The defeats have increased calls for the PCB board and management to be changed.
Even before the tournament began the management had fined some players for violating curfews, including senior squad members Shahid Afridi and Ahmed Shehzad.
Khan said that the board was also disappointed with the team's showing so far but that the players themselves were hurt knowing they had let the people down.
