Former PCB chief executive, Wasim Khan has been appointed as the General Manager of Cricket in ICC. He is expected to take up his role next month.
Wasim Khan will be replacing Geoff Allardice who spent eight years in the post, said ICC. Wasim Khan has served as the chief executive of the Leicestershire County Cricket Club and Chance to Shine.
“I am delighted to welcome Khan to the ICC. He brings an in-depth knowledge of our sport and its stakeholders, and his firsthand experience of the international cricket landscape will be of enormous benefit as we implement the ICC global growth strategy and move forward into a new events cycle,” the press release quoted the outgoing general manager of cricket as saying.
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Khan, in a statement, voiced his excitement about joining the ICC. He said: “I can’t wait to get started and work in partnership with our members to strengthen and grow our sport,” he said.
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“I’m particularly excited by the ICC’s commitment to the growth of the women’s game, and I look forward to playing my part in really accelerating that growth over the next decade,” he added.
Adding that he feels ‘honored’ for the role at ICC.
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Wasim Khan, the former CEO of the Pakistan Cricket Board, had joined on a three-year contract in 2019 but left the post four months prior to the completion of his contract.
In several interviews, he pointed out how he was subjected to character assassination as he attempted to change the working environment in PCB.
Wasim Khan said that the behavior of a section of media in Pakistan was quite intrusive to the point of character assassination, made-up stories, and personal attacks. The PCB CEO added that after some time he learned to ignore them and decided to answer them with his work and performance.
He said that he refused free travel to Dubai to certain media elements which became the reason for his strained relations with them.
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A short audio clip of Wasim Khan circulated on social media in which he is heard talking about the reasons for his tense relations with Pakistan’s media. Speaking to Jarrod Kimber, Wasim Khan said that since he belonged to a different school of thought he did not give many benefits to the journalists like free travel.