Day: December 27, 2014

Lahore, December 27, 2014 (PPI-OT): Moin Khan meets Chairman PCB Mr. Shaharyar Khan, Chairman Executive Committee Mr. Najam Sethi and COO PCB Mr. Subhan Ahmad to discuss his role on the future cricket tours.

Moin has been holding the position of Chief Selector in addition to his role as Team Manager. The Chairman explained the PCB Governing Board’s decision on doing away with dual roles, and asked Moin to stay on as Chief Selector as part of the squad for the ICC World Cup 2015, which position Moin Khan has accepted.

The PCB also announces Mr. Naveed Akram Cheema as Pakistan Team Manager for the upcoming tours including the World Cup 2015.

Commenting on the decision, Chairman PCB said: “Moin has rendered excellent service in his capacity as Team Manager and it is extremely heartening to note that he has agreed to continue to work as Chief Selector. It was important for us to not only implement the Board’s decision on dual roles but also to provide continuity in policies; hence, the decision to send him as Chief Selector for the World Cup.”

Moin said, “I am pleased with the Board for reposing confidence in my ability and I go along with the decision of the Board on dual roles. My priority is to select a team that has the capability to win the ICC World Cup 2015. Together I hope we would be able to achieve this objective.”

For more information, contact:
Nadeem Sarwar
Media Manager
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +9242 571 7231 -4
Fax: +9242 571 1860

Lahore, December 27, 2014 (PPI-OT): Following is the latest Health Bulletin on Misbah-ul-Haq, Junaid Khan, Sohaib Maqsood and Ehsan Adil prepared by Dr. Sohail Saleem, General Manager, Sports Medicine, PCB, based here at the National Cricket Academy (NCA), under whose expert guidance and supervision the quartet is working towards attaining complete match fitness.

Misbah-ul-Haq

“Fresh scans done on Misbah Thursday suggested that the swelling/edema around his strained muscles has reduced to a great extent. Misbah strained one of his hamstrings while fielding against New Zealand in the recently concluded ODI series.

His scans suggested a Grade II strain of the hamstring. Misbah thus progressed on to phase two of his rehabilitation, after the criteria for this progression were met. He now has a normal walking stride without any pain, jogging too is pain-free and his resistance testing against 70 per cent of manual resistance is pain-free.

“Apart from other criteria, Misbah needs to achieve pain-free full strength and range of motion and replicate his sports specific movements near maximal speed without pain, before he is declared as fit to take the field in Pakistan colours.”

Junaid Khan

“Junaid is recovering very well from his injury. He did some rigorous ground testing last week which he completed without any signs of previous injury. He did feel a little discomfort while moving sideways but this is almost one-third of what he had at the time of injury.

He is doing some good bowling practice with Mohammad Akram in the nets. His recent MRI has shown some reduction in the swelling around the injured site but as expected, the bony status continued to be the same.”

Sohaib Maqsood

“Sohaib was diagnosed with a fracture of a tiny bone and a sprained ligament in his left wrist around the third week of last month. Scans testified progression of the healing process. There were signs of nerve irritation sitting beside the fractured bone.

“Sohaib Maqsood is recovering well as there is no tenderness over the fractured site but he still has residual symptoms related to nerve irritation, i.e. weakness in his little and ring finger.

On manual power measuring scale his power would be around four-fifths (4/5th) than the previously registered two-fifths (2/5th). He has started batting in the nets last week but with a weaker grip. He did complain of some weakness and pain in the left hand after the succeeding day of practice.”

Ehsan Adil

“He has made excellent recovery and is now bowling at full strength at the National Cricket Academy under Akram’s supervision.”

For more information, contact:
Nadeem Sarwar
Media Manager
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +9242 571 7231 -4
Fax: +9242 571 1860

Lahore, December 27, 2014 (PPI-OT): A meeting was held here today at the Gaddafi Stadium between Chairman PCB Mr. Shaharyar Khan, Chairman Executive Committee Mr. Najam Sethi , COO PCB Mr. Subhan Ahmad, Chief Selector Mr. Moin Khan, Mohammad Akram, Saqlain Mushtaq and Saeed Ajmal.

The group discussed the future course of action to be adopted with regard to Saeed Ajmal and Mohammad Hafeez and agreed that in the case of Saeed, further remedial work should continue in collaboration with Saqlain and a bio mechanist in Lahore.

The group was informed that significant progress had been made by Ajmal who is now working on completing his ‘mileage’ with the remodelled action which shall soon be accomplished. The PCB fully supports Ajmal in his attempt to regularize his action and to return to cricket as Pakistan’s top performer in the future.

It was noted that Saqlain and Mushtaq Ahmed have both worked with Hafeez and his action should now be tested in an ICC accredited lab. Therefore Hafeez is being sent to Chennai next week for an unofficial testing of his bowling action.

For more information, contact:
Nadeem Sarwar
Media Manager
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore 54600, Pakistan
Tel: +9242 571 7231 -4
Fax: +9242 571 1860