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[ad_1] ISLAMABAD: A controversial appointment in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) selection committee was immediately rescinded upon the direction of Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar, who is the Patron-in-Chief of PCB. The PM's Office Media Wing, in a press release on Saturday, conveyed that the prime minister has taken serious notice of the appointment of Salman Butt, a controversial former cricket player. A day earlier, PCB confirmed the appointment of former Pakistan cricketers Kamran Akmal, Rao Iftikhar Anjum and Salman Butt as consultant members to chief selector Wahab Riaz. However, Butt’s selection was met with severe criticism on social media due to his involvement in the 2010 spot-fixing scandal. The other two cricketers who featured in that scam were pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamir. Read more:  PCB announces selection panel for Pakistan cricket team Later, the former captain publicly apologised to cricket fans for bringing the game’s ...

[ad_1] The fiasco might not end for quite a few days, as the final venue for this year's Asia Cup hangs in the balance. While giving an interview with an Indian media outlet, Najam Sethi suggested England serve as a neutral ground. "England could be a possibility as a venue for the Asia Cup," Sethi said. Responding to the statement, the former chairman of PCB, Ramiz Raja, probed about the mental capacity of the current PCB chief. According to him, the foremost purpose of the Asia Cup, especially when held before the World Cup, is to allow teams to accustom themselves to the Asian conditions. However, even this statement wasn't perceived well by former cricketer, Salman Butt. He slammed Raja and was surprised with former PCB chairman suggesting that even Asian teams need to acclimatize to Asian conditions. "I came across former PCB's chair statement where he stated that the Asia Cup should have taken place in Pakistan because the teams would get u...