LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has sent the name of former Test cricketer Azhar Ali for approval from the federal sports minister Fawad Hasan Fawad to appoint him as Director National Cricket Academy.

It is learnt that Azhar’s name was sent to the federal minister since the Prime Minister hasn’t allowed PCB’s interim management committee chairman Zaka Ashraf to appoint anyone without approval.

It is also learnt that the PCB is also waiting for the approval of the ministry to hold T10 matches between its teams and teams of English county Middlesex, which are scheduled to be held in Rawalpindi from Jan 24 to 26.

Published in Dawn, January 11th, 2024