Pakistan board appoints Wahab Riaz as chief selector

Former Pakistan quick bowler Wahab Riaz has been appointed because the chief selector of the nationwide males’s choice committee, nation’s cricket board introduced on Friday.

Riaz’ first project would be the three-match Test sequence towards Australia in December in Australia and five-match T20I sequence towards New Zealand in January in New Zealand.

“I am honoured to assume the role of chairperson for the national men’s selection committee, and I extend my gratitude to Chairman PCB Management Committee, Mr Zaka Ashraf, for entrusting me with this responsibility,” the 38-year-old stated.

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“Heading a selection committee is a challenging task. We have a significant Australia tour coming up that is part of the ICC World Test Championship 2023-25 cycle.” Riaz stated that the New Zealand T20I sequence shall be key to creating a unit resulting in the T20 World Cup subsequent 12 months.

“My primary goal would be to give weightage to the top performers in domestic cricket and announce well-rounded squads equipped with the necessary skillsets,” he added.

Riaz, who introduced his retirement in August earlier this 12 months, performed 27 Tests, 91 ODIs and 36 T20Is for Pakistan selecting up 237 wickets throughout codecs.