Moin replaced as World Cup manager
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LAHORE: Pakistan on Saturday appointed retired top military officer Naveed Cheema as manager for next year's cricket World Cup, replacing former captain Moin Khan.
Sixty-year-old Cheema, a retired brigadier who also held the manager's post from 2011 to 2013, is currently serving as chief secretary of Punjab province.
The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said Moin had to step aside as he also held the post of chief selector and such a dual role was not allowed.
Moin would “stay on as chief selector as part of the squad for the ICC World Cup 2015”, the PCB said in a press release.
Cheema would also serve as team manager for two one-day internationals in New Zealand on January 31 and February 3, held ahead of the World Cup running from February 14 to March 29 in Australia and New Zealand.
PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan praised Moin's services and greeted his decision to continue as chief selector.
Moin said he accepted that he could not stay on in two positions.
“My priority is to select a team that has the capability to win the ICC World Cup 2015,” he said.
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Dec 27, 2014 06:13pm
But what makes him qualify for this job..
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Dec 27, 2014 06:27pm
Mr Moin,
keep dreaming about winning world cup, your biased selection will never come true on a given day they are bound to fail,
there is no place for Nasir Jamshed, Sharjeel Khan, Kamran Akmal, Misbah Ul Haq, Asad Shafiq replace them with players from a team you will have a better chance .
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Dec 27, 2014 06:48pm
Ofcourse he will keep selectors cap if given a choice as its here where Money talks.
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Dec 27, 2014 07:29pm
After wrestling away Judiciary from government, popular sports also taken over.
Perhaps with Khan in his name, Moin was the main cause of terrorism in Pakistan.
Now that a retired army man has replaced him, there'll be no more terrorism in Pakistan.
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Dec 27, 2014 07:31pm
What is next after his removal?
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Dec 27, 2014 07:35pm
Pakistan and winnig the WC with the current bias selection is only a dream.
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Dec 27, 2014 07:47pm
@mA Strange question; Moin was a fighter n has served Pak Cricket a lot. Prayers for his selected team for WC.
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Dec 27, 2014 07:50pm
Why do they realize for the dual role of Main so late? So many Cricket experts and advisors sitting in the PCB also do not realize this dual functions, but suddenly after disaster and losses and criticism by the Press make them feel that Moin was having dual responsibility? It is a shame on PCB, please wake up and think before taking actions.
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Dec 27, 2014 07:56pm
you mean to say that you will select the team based on parchi and not merit! as you always do!
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Dec 27, 2014 08:33pm
The dual posts of manager and chief selector is not allowed and that of chief secretary and manager is allowed? Or the brigadier sb is quitting the post of chief secretary for the "coveted" post of manager?
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Dec 27, 2014 08:42pm
@mA - His qualifications are that he is the chief secretary of Punjab province. Which means that having the knowledge of cricket is the secondary qualification and being loyal to the CM and the PM is the primary qualification.
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Dec 27, 2014 08:49pm
Wow, so now it takes men in boots to keep our boys in line?
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Dec 27, 2014 09:37pm
A retired brigadier as a manager..... Lol. Only in Pakistan.....
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Dec 27, 2014 09:53pm
@mA ... that's pakistani politics for you. Even in sports it's who you know and not what you are good at. Doomed for failure.
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Dec 27, 2014 10:08pm
I believe it has to do with rift with PCB as first Afridi had announced his retirement and now Moin has to leave his current post too.
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Dec 27, 2014 10:51pm
With no qualifications whatsoever ..it is good for Pakistan cricket
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Dec 27, 2014 10:59pm
He should have been fired as Chief Selector as well. His selection of team depends on PARCHI System. There is still lot of time and Moin should be replaced with Mohsin Khan.
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Dec 27, 2014 11:47pm
@mA Sirji, - Punjab Province Secretary - Automatic Selection (Read between the lines).
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Dec 28, 2014 12:00am
@M1968 Many things only happen in Pakistan- Amir Liaqat a messenger of hate speeches and a fake and characterless Alim allowed to perform TV shows!!!! LOL.
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Dec 28, 2014 12:01am
Moin, is that goal of yours the reason why you dropped the consistent, in form middle order batsman Fawad Alam-the highest average getter in domestic circuit and brought back the rotten Shoaib Malik and Kamran Akmal? If I remember correctly, Muhammad Akram and Wajhatullah Wasti never officially retired. Why not bring them in too?
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Dec 28, 2014 12:08am
He was holding two jobs. Now just one, which is fine.
Nothing wrong with a Brig becoming Manager. I am sure he will do a good job.
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Dec 28, 2014 12:09am
if one cannot hold two positions who appointed Moin in both the places and until now how and why he was serving in dual capacity ? PCB is a bunch of mindless people.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:07am
A chief Secretary of Punjab and the Manager of PCB. Only a Retired Brig can handle two positions at the same time not Moin Khan.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:16am
Only in Pakistan. The land of pure opportunists.
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Dec 28, 2014 01:35am
How can a Chief Secretary of Punjab province fulfill two roles at the same time. I have nothing against Mr Cheema being appointed but it makes mockery of the situation as he is a Chief Secretary of Punjab and it will be difficult for him to do justice to two responsibilities at the same time. If you have the right connections in Pakistan then you can have everything you desire irrespective of the fact that you deserve it or not. A sorry state of affairs indeed but then Pakistan is like a jungle
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Dec 28, 2014 05:20am
Please make Hasan Shareef PCB chairman, Husain Shareef Manager and Hamza Shareef chief selector.
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Dec 28, 2014 06:35am
Does Naveed qualifies as team manager am sure there are many more competent folks to choose from
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Dec 28, 2014 10:13am
What a joke? The current PCB chief is making himself and the country at large a laughing stock before the global cricket fraternity.
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Dec 29, 2014 10:19pm
For this, you have to stop selecting Asad and select Fawad!
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