Salman Butt, new member of PCB’s national selection panel

The Pakistan Cricket Board made a significant move by adding Salman Butt, the disgraced former captain, to the national selection panel in advance of Pakistan’s five-match Twenty20 International Series against New Zealand in 2019.

The 39-year-old, who successfully returned to cricket in 2016 following a five-year sentence for spot-fixing, has been selected as a consultant to Wahab Riaz, the head selector, along with former teammates Kamran Akmal and Rao Iftikhar Anjum.

“The forthcoming five-match Twenty20 International series against New Zealand, scheduled to commence on January 12, 2024, following the conclusion of the Test tour to Australia, is their first assignment as consultant members to the chief selector,” the PCB stated in a release.

“When not engaged in selection duties, the consultant members may be assigned additional tasks such as conducting skills camps.”

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Butt, Kamran, chief selector Wahab Riaz and former Test pacer, Anjum all played together in the Pakistan team alongside the Director of the Pakistan team, Muhammad Hafeez.

Butt, Amir and Muhammad Asif were all found guilty of spot-fixing by the national crime agency in the United Kingdom and also served time in jail and the International Cricket Council imposed the bans on them.