Miandad reinstated as Director General PCB

LAHORE - Former Test cricketer and captain Javed Miandad has been reinstated as Director General of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Miandad himself announced that he is appointed once again as PCB Director General. Other reports say Miandad would serve as advisor to chairman PCB. Miandad had resigned few months ago after having differences with PCB. Miandad rejoined the PCB after meeting with the chairman Ijaz Butt. "It was a very cordial meeting and he is back as director general," Butt said after his meeting with Miandad. Miandad quit in January citing his "limited role" in the PCB. "Now everything is settled and I am happy to be back in the cricket board," Miandad said. Domestic media reported that Miandad was not happy with his salary package when he stepped down two months ago. However, he said Monday that money was not the issue. "Salary was never the issue and I just want to work for the betterment of Pakistan cricket," Miandad said. "There are lots of things which need to be done - like how to revive international cricket back in Pakistan and how we could make our domestic cricket more competitive." Butt also did not reveal how much the PCB would pay Miandad, but said the return of the former national team's captain and coach was a positive change for the game. Salary is "a confidential matter between the two parties, but the good thing is that he is back with us," Butt said. Miandad - who has had three stints as Pakistan coach - is Pakistan's highest runscorer in Test matches with 8,832 runs in 124 Tests. He played 233 limited-overs internationals, making 7,381 runs. Miandad was one of the six former Test cricketers appointed by Butt after he took over as chairman PCB in October last year. Salim Altaf (chief operating officer), Wasim Bari (manager human resources), Aamir Sohail (director national cricket academy), Abdul Qadir (chief selector) and Intikhab Alam (coach) were the others. Butt admitted last month there were procedural flaws in the appointment of Miandad. He had also claimed that Miandad was interfering in selecting the national team and had also asked for a salary of 1.6 million rupees ($20,000) as opposed to the 500,000 rupees ($6,300) offered in the contract. Miandad subsequently showed a contract letter - circulated in the PCB headquarters at Lahore on Dec. 4 - to Pakistan's lawmakers during last month's meeting of the senate's standing committee on sports. According to the letter, directors of game development, international cricket operations, domestic cricket operations, national team coach, manager and chairmen of national junior and senior selection committees all were supposed to report to Miandad. However, when the contract was formalized, Miandad was made head of domestic cricket operations and department of game development and had a lower level of responsibility. The lawmakers suggested Butt and Miandad meet to resolve the matter.

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