{"id":3689,"date":"2020-12-01T09:52:32","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T10:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2020-12-01T11:08:50","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T11:08:50","slug":"misbahs-tenure-as-chief-selector-ends-akram-strong-candidate-to-replace-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=3689","title":{"rendered":"Misbah\u2019s tenure as chief selector ends, Akram strong candidate to replace him"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin: 5px 5% 10px 5%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Misbahs-tenure-as-chief-selector-ends-Akram-emerges-as-strong-candidate-to-replace-him.jpg\" width=\"742\" height=\"486\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Lahore: Misbah-ul-Haq&#8217;s tenure as chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team has ended and the new selection committee will be announced in few days, ARY Sports reported.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The national selection committee comprising of provincial coaches has also come to an end and the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to change selection policy.<\/p>\n<p>According to sources,\u00a0it has been decided to form a traditional selection committee again and\u00a0it will consist of three to four members along with the chief selector. Former Test cricketer Mohammad Akram is a strong candidate for the new chief selector.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/akram-will-new-chief-selector-reveals-akhtar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Mohammad Akram will be new chief selector\u2019 reveals Shoaib Akhtar<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The selection committee will seek the opinion of the provincial coaches in the selection of the team and for the series against South Africa, the squad will be selected by a new selection committee.<\/p>\n<p>Note, Misbah\u00a0stepped down from the role of the chief selector, citing reasons that it was not possible for him to focus on the dual role.<\/p>\n<p>He picked the squads for Zimbabwe and the New Zealand series as his tenure was due to end on November 30, 2020.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/arysports.tv\/misbah-ul-haq-steps-down-cheif-selector\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2018Not possible to focus on dual role\u2019 Misbah resigns as Pakistan\u2019s chief selector<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Lahore: Misbah-ul-Haq&#8217;s tenure as chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team has ended and the new selection committee will be announced in few days, ARY <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=3689\" title=\"Misbah\u2019s tenure as chief selector ends, Akram strong candidate to replace him\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3691,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions\/3691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}