LAHORE – Former chief selector Abdul Qadir said Wednesday he resigned due to lack of independence and differences with coach Intikhab Alam regarding Shoaib Akhtar’s selection.
Qadir pointed to various contractual obligations that the PCB failed to honour after appointing him as chief selector in November 2008.
A clause in his contract stated that he would be involved in selecting the squad for the matches. “After signing the contract, I was told that I wouldn’t have any say in picking the final XI. I was also ordered to consult the captain and the coach before finalising the squad for any series,” PakPassion quoted him as saying.
“Former Test cricketers had finally been given significant roles in the board, therefore I did not want to be the first one to resign. It was in fact Javed Miandad’s resignation some time later which made my decision to resign a lot easier,” he said.
Qadir finally decided to relinquish his post in June 2009 as according to him, he was not left with any other option but resign.
“Intikhab and Yawar were always against Shoaib’s inclusion even though they could never come up with a valid reason to support their argument,” he revealed.
“The coach and the manager specifically designed such a tough fitness test so that Shoaib would fail and thus not get selected for UAE series,” he stated.
