Former fast bowler Saleem Altaf new Pakistani cricket chief by AFP

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DateLine: 30th January 2005

 

Saleem Altaf: Former fast bowler and now Director Cricket © PCB

Former Pakistani fast bowler Saleem Altaf was appointed Pakistan's new cricket director, filling a post vacated by Rameez Raja last year, officials said.

 

"Altaf has been appointed director cricket operations who will be in-charge of all cricketing issues and would represent Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) at International Cricket Council and Asian Cricket Council meetings," a PCB statement said on Saturday.

 

Altaf, a 59-year-old former fast bowler, played 21 Tests and six one-day internationals for Pakistan in the 1970s.

 

The post had been lying vacant since Raja, a former captain of the national side, resigned in August last year.

 

A five-member committee consisting of Altaf, former Test wicket-keeper Imtiaz Ahmed, Naseem Ashraf, Mueen Afzal and Ali Reza, was also announced to assist the board.

(Article: Copyright © 2005 AFP)