{"id":410841,"date":"2024-01-19T17:36:57","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/19\/zaka-ashraf-quits-as-pakistan-cricket-board-chairman-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-01-19T17:36:57","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:36:57","slug":"zaka-ashraf-quits-as-pakistan-cricket-board-chairman-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2024\/01\/19\/zaka-ashraf-quits-as-pakistan-cricket-board-chairman-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Zaka Ashraf quits as Pakistan Cricket Board chairman | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-106997071,imgsize-34568.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>EW DELHI: In a major blow to <!-- -->Pakistan Cricket<!-- -->, the board chairman <!-- -->Zaka Ashraf<!-- --> on Friday announced his decision to resign.<br \/>Ashraf announced his decision to step down after chairing a managing committee meeting in Lahore. <br \/>Ashraf took the <!-- -->PCB<!-- --> chief role from Najam Sethi in July last year. <br \/>The government\u2019s inter-provincial coordination committee had asked <!-- -->Ashraf<!-- --> to cancel a PCB management committee meeting in Karachi this week and stopped him from taking any major financial decisions.<br \/>However, Ashraf convened an urgent meeting of the 10-member management committee in Lahore on Friday and announced he had quit.<br \/>\u201cHe (Ashraf) thanked members of the MC, the PCB management and staff for their support during this tenure,\u201d the cricket board said in a statement. \u201cMembers of the MC and the PCB management expressed their gratitude to the Chairman MC for his leadership.\u201d<br \/>Ashraf replaced Sethi as chairman of the management committee. The government gave Ashraf until Feb. 4 to form a board of governors and organize an election of a PCB chairman but he failed.<br \/>The Pakistan men\u2019s team endured below-par performances during Ashraf&#8217;s tenure. The team didn&#8217;t get out of the group stage at the Cricket World Cup in India, and didn&#8217;t pass the Super Four in the Asia Cup in Sri Lanka.<br \/>Babar Azam<!-- --> resigned as the captain in all formats after the World Cup, and Ashraf asked team director <!-- -->Mickey Arthur<!-- --> and coach Grant Bradburn to report to the National Cricket Academy in Lahore before both foreign coaches eventually quit.<br \/>Under new test captain <!-- -->Shan Masood<!-- -->, Pakistan was routed by Australia 3-0. Twenty20 captain <!-- -->Shaheen Shah Afridi<!-- --> is trailing 4-0 in the five-match series in New Zealand with the last T20 to be played on Sunday.<br \/><span class=\"em \">(With inputs from AP)<\/span><\/div>\n<p><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };<\/p>\n<p>    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')<\/p>\n<p>      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n          var s = document.createElement('script');\n          s.src=\"https:\/\/survey.survicate.com\/workspaces\/0be6ae9845d14a7c8ff08a7a00bd9b21\/web_surveys.js\";\n          s.async = true;\n          var e = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];\n          e.parentNode.insertBefore(s, e);\n        })(window);\n      }<\/p>\n<p>    }<\/p>\n<p>    window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n    var TimesApps = window.TimesApps;\n    TimesApps.toiPlusEvents = function(config) {\n      var isConfigAvailable = \"toiplus_site_settings\" in f && \"isFBCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings && \"isGoogleCampaignActive\" in f.toiplus_site_settings;\n      var isPrimeUser = window.isPrime;\n      if (isConfigAvailable && !isPrimeUser) {\n        loadGtagEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n        loadFBEvents(f.toiplus_site_settings.isFBCampaignActive);\n        loadSurvicateJs(f.toiplus_site_settings.allowedSurvicateSections);\n      } else {\n        var JarvisUrl=\"https:\/\/jarvis.indiatimes.com\/v1\/feeds\/toi_plus\/site_settings\/643526e21443833f0c454615?db_env=published\";\n        window.getFromClient(JarvisUrl, function(config){\n          if (config) {\n            loadGtagEvents(config?.isGoogleCampaignActive);\n            loadFBEvents(config?.isFBCampaignActive);\n            loadSurvicateJs(config?.allowedSurvicateSections);\n          }\n        })\n      }\n    };\n  })(\n    window,\n    document,\n    'script',\n  );<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/cricket\/news\/zaka-ashraf-quits-as-pakistan-cricket-board-chairman\/articleshow\/106997026.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] EW DELHI: In a major blow to Pakistan Cricket, the board chairman Zaka Ashraf on Friday announced his decision to resign.Ashraf announced his decision to step down after chairing a managing committee meeting in Lahore. 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