History of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB)

After the separation in 1947, Pakistan became a separate state, cricket in the county developed progressively and Pakistan was given test match status at a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lards Cricket Ground on 28th July 1952. In the winter of 1948, when the cricket team of West Indies was on a tour of India. Suddenly few members of Lahore Gymkhana gave an idea to invite that team to Pakistan for one-off test match. This gave the birth to the idea of forming the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP), so that an official invitation could be extended to the West Indies cricket team. Justice A.R Cornelus who later became chief justice of Pakistan, was the captain of Lahore Gymkhana, with his other fellows cricketers like Mian Muhammad Saeed, Sheikh Muhammad Nisar, Dr. Jahangir Khan, QD Butt, Dr. Dilawar Hussain and AR. Collector invited then Khan Iftikhar Hussain, Chief Minister Punjab, the khan of Mamdot to form the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). Khan Iftikhar Hussain became the first president of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). In 1995, the organization was renamed Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) acquired a new name the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). And they reset rules and regulations. Arif Ali Khan Abbasi was the first chief executive of Pakistan Cricket Board.

Logo of Pakistan Cricket Board

Current Business
Pakistan Cricket Boards over all business is Cricket. Currently Pakistan Cricket Board is focusing on International Cricket Council (ICC) world cup 2011.

Area Wise Business

Pakistan Cricket Board is running its business in different areas. 1. 2. Domestic Cricket International Cricket

1) Domestic Cricket
Domestic cricket consists of; First-Class Cricket One Day and Other Youth Women Schools Cricket Domestic cricket is further divided in Associations a) b) Regional Cricket Associations District & City Cricket Associations

a) Regional Cricket Associations

Pakistan Cricket Board is running 12 Regional Cricket Associations all over in Pakistan the detail of these Associations is as follow Rawalpindi Region Islamabad Region Sialkot Region Peshawar Region Abbottabad Region Multan Region Hyderabad Region Lahore Region Karachi Region Quetta Region Faisalabad Region

i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. xi.

b) District & City Cricket Associations

Pakistan Cricket Board is also running District & City Cricket Associations in the whole country. Following is the detail of these Associations I. II. III. IV. V. PUNJAB SINDH BALOCHISTAN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA Others

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a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. p. q. r. s. t. u. v. w. x. y. z. aa. bb. cc.

PUNJAB
In Punjab District, there are 29 Associations Attock District Cricket Association Bahawalpur Cricket Association Bahawalnagar Cricket Association Bhakkar Cricket Association Chakwal Cricket Association D.G.Khan Cricket Association Faisalabad Cricket Association Gujranwala Cricket Association Gujrat Cricket Association Hafizabad Cricket Association Jhang Cricket Association Jhelum Cricket Association Khanewal Cricket Association Kasur Cricket Association Lahore City Cricket Association Layyah Cricket Association Mianwali Cricket Association Multan Cricket Association Muzaffar Garh Cricket Association Mandi Bahauddin Cricket Association Narowal Cricket Association Okara Cricket Association Rajanpur Cricket Association Rahim Yar Khan Cricket Association Rawalpindi Cricket Association Sahiwal Cricket Association Sargodha Cricket Association Sheikhupura Cricket Association Vehari Cricket Association

II. SINDH
Total Associations in Sindh District is 12

a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l.

Badin Cricket Association Hyderabad Cricket Association Jacobabad Cricket Association Khairpur Cricket Association Karachi City Cricket Association Larkana Cricket Association Mirpur Khas Cricket Association Nawabshah Cricket Association Shikarpur Cricket Association Sanghar Cricket Association Sukkur Cricket Association Thatta Cricket Association

III. BALOCHISTAN
In Balochistan total 9 Associations of Pakistan Cricket Board are working a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. Kalat Cricket Association Killa Abdullah Chaman Cricket Association Loralai Cricket Association Noshki Cricket Association Naseerabad Cricket Association Pishin Cricket Association Quetta Cricket Association Sibi Cricket Association Turbat Cricket Association

IV. KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA

In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aka NWFP, total 15 Associations of Pakistan Cricket Board are working a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l. m. n. o. Abbottabad Cricket Association Bannu Cricket Association Charsada Cricket Association D.I.Khan Cricket Association Dir Lower Cricket Association Dir Upper Cricket Associations Haripur Cricket Association Kohat Cricket Association Mansehra Cricket Association Mardan Cricket Association Nowshera Cricket Association Peshawar Cricket Association Swat Cricket Association Swabi Cricket Association Tank Cricket Association

V. Others
In this section I am going to mention those Associations who having playing rights. and are not included in Districts. a. b. c. d. Azad Jammu & Kashmir Cricket Association Northern Areas Cricket Association Islamabad Cricket Association FATA These are 4 in numbers

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a.

International Cricket
Nowadays Pakistan Cricket team is engaged in playing ICC World Cup 2010/11

Managerial Setup
Pakistan Cricket Boards management setup is divided into two groups

1) 2) 3)

Patron In Chief Board of Governors Corporate Structure

Department Wise Managerial Setup

In this section we are going to know the managerial setup department wise. Firstly we will know that who is Patron in Chief

1) Patron in Chief
President of Pakistan is always Patron in Chief of Pakistan Cricket Board. Now Patron in Chief of Pakistan Cricket Board is Asif Ali Zardari. So in the present time he is the President of Pakistan.

2) Board of Governors
In this section there is one chairman and 9 members (governors) CHAIRMAN Mohammed Ijaz Butt BOARD OF GOVERNORS ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. ix. x. Wazir Ali Khoja Naveed Akram Cheema Javed Miandad Intikhab Alam Major (R) Syed Naeem Akhtar Gilani Tariq Baloch Amir Nawab Mir Haider Ali Khan Talpur Ch. Muhammad Anwar

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3) Corporate Structure
Corporate Structure is further divided into different parts i. ii. iii. iv. v. vi. vii. viii. Management Media & PR Department Pakistan National Team Management PCB National Cricket Academy (NCA) PCB Women's Wing National Selection Committee PCB Election Commission Scrutiny Committee PCB Now we will discuss one by one all sections

i.

Management This section contains Chairman

Chief Operating Officer Director General Chief Financial Officer Director Cricket Operations (International) Director Cricket Operations (Domestic) Director Game Development Director Training & Education General Manager - Human Resources & Admin General Manager Marketing Manager Security General Managers Umpires & Referees

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b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. k. l.

m. General Manager Fixed Assets

ii.
a. b. c. d. e. f. g.

Media & PR Department

General Manager Media Manager Media Manager Mass Communication Public Relation Officer Public Relation Officer Media Coordinator Incharge Images / Official Photographer

iii.
a. b. c. d. e. f.

Pakistan National Team Management

Coach ODI & T20 Captain Test Captain Manager Physiotherapist Analyst

iv.
a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h.

PCB National Cricket Academy (NCA)

Director Academies Head Youth Development Consultant to NCA Senior General Manager General Manager Sports Resident Sports Physician Bowling Coach Manager Coach Education

v.
a. b.

PCB Women's Wing

Chairperson Manager

vi.
a. b. c.

National Selection Committee

Chairman Member Co-opted Member

vii.
a. b.

PCB Election Commission

Election Commissioner Coordinator

viii.
a. b.

Scrutiny Committee PCB

Chairman Member

PATRON IN CHIEF
BOARD OF GOVERNORS MANAGEMENT MEDIA & PR DEPT. PAK. NATIONAL TEAM PCB NCA
NATIONAL SELECTION COMMITEE

PCB WOMENS WING CHAIRPERSON

CHAIRMAN CHAIRMAN G.M. MEDIA COACH DIR. ACADEMICS MEMBER CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER DIRECTOR GENERAL MANAGER MEDIA ODI & T20 CAPTAIN HEATH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CONSULTANT TO NCA SCRUTINY COMMITTEE PCB CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER DIR. CRIC. OPERATIONS(INTL.)
DIR. CRIC. OPERATIONS(DOMST.)

MANAGER CO-OPTED MEMBER PCB ELECTION COMMISSION ELECTION COMMISSIONER

MANAGER MASS COMM.

TEST CAPTAIN

P.R. OFFICER

MANAGER

SENIOR G.M. CHAIRMAN

MEDIA COORDINATOR

PYSIOTHERAPIST

G.M. SPORTS MEMBER COORDINATOR

INCHARGE IMAGES/ OFFICIAL PHOTOGR.

ANALYST

RESIDENT SPORTS PHYSICIAN BOWLING COACH

DIR. GAME DEVELOPMENT

DIR. TRAINING & EDUCATION G.M. HR & ADMIN

MANAGER COACH EDUCATION

G.M. MARKETING

MANAGER SECURITY

G.M. UMPIRES & REFREES G.M. FIXED ASSETS

Plans
As we know that Pakistan Cricket Board is engaged in only cricket. So now we are going to discuss its past, current and future planning of Pakistan Cricket Board

Domestic Cricket
Domestic Cricket is further divided in to following categories

Recent Series
a) Regional Inter District Sr. 82 Teams, 192 Two day Matches 20th Sep 2010 to 9th Oct. 2010 Faysal Bank T-20 Cup 13 Teams, 18 Matches 10th Oct. 2010 to 16th Oct. 2010 Regional Inter District U-19 82 Teams, 192 Two day Matches 15th Oct. 2010 to 3rd Nov. 2010 Inter Region U-19 (One Day) 13 Teams, 2 Groups, 39 Matches 24th Nov. 2010 to 14th Jan. 2011 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-I (Sponsored by Faysal Bank) (First Class) 6 Regional + 6 Departments 12 Teams, Single League, 67 Matches 23rd Oct. 2010 to 10th Jan. 2011 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division-II (Sponsored by Faysal Bank) (First Class) 7 Regional + 3 Departments 10 Teams, Single League, 46 Matches 23rd Oct. 2010 to 29th Dec. 2010 Inter Region U-19 (Three Day) 13 Teams, 2 Groups, 39 Matches 26th Nov. 2010 to 25th Jan. 2011 Faysal Bank Cup One day Division-I 12 Teams, 2 Groups, 33 Matches 21st Jan. 2011 to 3rd Feb. 2011 Faysal Bank Pentangular Cup (F.Class) 5 Teams, 11 Matches 11th Feb. 2011 to 17th Mar. 2011

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Current Series
a) Patrons Trophy Grade-II 20 Teams, 4 Groups, 43 Matches 21st Mar. 2011 to 18th Apr 2011

Future Series
a) Faysal Bank T-20 Cup 8 Teams, 31 Matches 23rd Apr. 2011 to 30th May 2011

International Series
a) Asian Games Men's Cricket Competition 2010/11

b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j)

Asian Games Women's Cricket Competition 2010/11 Hong Kong International Cricket Sixes 2010/11 ICC Women's Cricket Challenge 2010/11 ICC World Cup 2010/11 Nepal Women in Pakistan 2010/11 Pakistan A in West Indies 2010/11 Pakistan in New Zealand 2010/11 South Africa in United Arab Emirates 2010/11 Women's Quadrangular Series 2010/11

Womens Cricket Team Future Planning

2010/2011 a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j) k) l) m) Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women Netherlands Women v Pakistan Women Sri Lanka Women v Ireland Women Ireland Women v Pakistan Women Sri Lanka Women v Netherlands Women Ireland Women v Netherlands Women Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women Ireland Women v Sri Lanka Women Netherlands Women v Pakistan Women Ireland Women v Pakistan Women Sri Lanka Women v Netherlands Women Ireland Women v Netherlands Women Sri Lanka Women v Pakistan Women ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL ONE DAY INTERNATIONAL T20 (Twenty Twenty) T20 (Twenty Twenty) T20 (Twenty Twenty) T20 (Twenty Twenty) T20 (Twenty Twenty) T20 (Twenty Twenty)

Media Opinion about Pakistan Cricket Board

Pakistan Cricket Board is the highest authority in Pakistan which governs the structure and selection criteria matters of Pakistan cricket. It has always been surrounded by the dangers of criticism and antagonism from within the structure, and sometimes also from the outsiders like media, general etc. The main factor which has been criticized much is, first of all, the selection of chairman of board. The president of Pakistan is the sole authority which possesses the power to appoint a chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. The person appointed in such a disappointing manner is, hence, not responsible to anyone except the president. In this way he the chairman enjoys a type of sovereign status and so cares not any more about the merits at his subordinate hierarchical levels. The next factor which is in talks opposite is that the Pakistan Cricket Board has no satisfactory and formal structure of domestic cricket. Pakistan has a variety of talented, enthusiastic and patriotic youth. But this natural talent needs to be exploited and motivated highly so that their inborn talent might well polished and furnished. But this strongly needed objective has never been achieved due to the lack of well organized structure of domestic cricket. There is another problem with the Pakistan Cricket Board structure which is taunted much by the media sector, especially; i.e. the corruption and bribery scandals. Mostly the officials from players to the coach to the chairman are listened to have been involved in such scandals of corruption. Sometimes the well talented players do not get the chance to play merely, because they are, either not eligible to provide some bribe in the form of money; or cannot furnish a recommendation of any big personality. And the last, but not the least, factor is the lack of co-operation and co-ordination at different tiers in the hierarchy of Pakistan Cricket Board. Pakistan Cricket Board officials have never been sincere and goal directed. What they strive for is just the achievement of their individual monetary accomplishments. They have no, or a little, concern about what they have been appointed for, and what the expectations of the whole Pakistani nation have been with them.

Corruption in Pakistan Cricket Board

Now Pakistan Cricket Board is become a symbol of corruption. For instance, on 8-10-2008 Ijaz Butt became chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. In one year he spent One Koror on his tours. And he started recruit his friends and family members. Pakistan Cricket Boards current financial officer is Mian Raza Ahmed. He is the

class fellow of Ijaz Butts son in-law. Mohammad Naeem, Ex-financial advisor, is brother in-law of Ijaz Butt. Before employing him no advertisement was appear in the NEWS papers. Sheeren Javed, wife of Ahmed Javed, was the chairperson of women wing. She was appointed by Ijaz Butt, because Ahmed Javed is the friend of Ijaz Butt. Ijaz Butt appointed Shafqat Rana as U-19 team Manager on the orders of Mian Shahbaz Shareef (Chief Minister of Punjab). Another example of corruption in Pakistan Cricket Board is; Colonel Rtd. Khwaja Najam was appointed by Mian Shahbaz Shareef (Chief Minister of Punjab) as Security Officer. One more example of political interference is that Ijaz Butt is the brother in-law of Choudhry Ahmed Mukhtar (PPP). And Yawar Saeed is father in-law of Mian Raza Rabbani. Yawar Saeed was the manager (1984-2010) of Pakistan Cricket Board. He is about 75 years old. And Yawar Saeed has a 50 year old friendship with Pakistan Cricket Boards chairman Ijaz Butt. That was all about past. Now if we come to the current affairs then we can see that Pakistan Cricket Board is a victim of Spot Fixing. This is not very first time, Pakistan Cricket Board is being victimized since 1980. In 2010 The News of the World explored that Pakistani players are involved in spot fixing against England in the 4th test at Lords Cricket Ground in London. They said that three Pakistani Player Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Amir and Salman Butt had accepted bribes from agent and bookmaker Mazhar Majeed. They were agreed to obey orders given by Mazhar Majeed, for instance, fast bowlers Amir and Asif would deliberately bowl no-balls at specific points. Then in response to the allegations, Scotland Yard arrested Mazhar on the charge of MatchFixing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) declares that Butt is banned for 10 years, with five years suspended, while Asif and Amir are handed bans of seven years with two suspended and five years respectively.

Conclusion
Pakistan Cricket Board is known as corrupted. So, this shows a bad image in the world of cricket. This is all because Pakistan Cricket Board is only ruled by its chairman. On the other hand, corruption only occurs when an organizations rules and regulations are not properly followed. Pakistan Cricket Boa rd can grow up when it will be run in a democratic way.

Questions
1) 2) 3) 4) Why Mr. Ijaz Butt is still chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board after a lot of scandals? Why there is no check and balance on the recruitment of officials? Why the management of Pakistan Cricket Board did not take any strong stand against alleged players? Why Pakistan Cricket Board is not constructing new stadiums?

Helping Notes
Mr. Ijaz Butt is still chairman because he has favor of politicians. Because of this it is ruled by him. In reflecting Pakistan Cricket Board is in a vicious circle of corruption. To resolve this problem there must be an election to elect chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. Because of political involvement there is no check and balance on the recruitment of officials. If they recruit on the basis of merit then the picture of Pakistan Cricket Board can be change. The management of Pakistan Cricket Board must have taken a strong action against alleged players, so that become a symbol for the rest of players. They must have tried to get confidence of the players. If they did then the reputation of Pakistan cricket board never disturbs. As we know Pakistan is losing its image due to terrorism so it is very difficult to start an international cricket series in the country. But they have to construct international standard stadiums, because good days of Pakistan are not so far. +

References:

www.cricketonline.pk www.pcb.com.pk Geo NEWS/Aaj Kamran Khan K Sath (September 12, 2010) Express NEWS/Front Line With Kamran Shahid (September 7, 2010)

Summary History:
In the winter of 1948 the members of Lahore Gymkahana gave an idea to invite the West Indies cricket team. This gave the birth to the idea of forming the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). Khan Iftikhar Hussain was the first president of the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP). Pakistan was given test cricket status in a meeting of the Imperial Cricket Conference at Lord's Cricket Ground th on 28 July 1952. In 1995, the organization was renamed Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan (BCCP) acquired a new name the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). Arif Khan Abbasi was the first chief executive of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).

Current Business:
Pakistan Cricket Board's over all business is Cricket

Area Wise Business

1. Domestic Cricket 2. International Cricket

Media Opinion about Pakistan Cricket Board:

Pakistan Cricket Board is the highest authority in Pakistan which governs the structure and selection criteria maters of Pakistan Cricket. The main factor which has been criticized much is the selection of Chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. The president of Pakistan in the sole authority which possesses the power to appoint the chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. The person appointed in such a disappointing manner is not responsible to any one except the president. Another topic which is criticized by media is under utilization of talent. And there is no cooperation and coordination at different hierarchy of Pakistan Cricket Board.

Corruption in Pakistan Cricket Board:

Now Pakistan Cricket Board is become a symbol of corruption. On November 8, 2008 Ijaz Butt became chairman of Pakistan Cricket Board. In his first year he spent 10 million on his foreign tours. He started recruit his own family members and friend instead of deserved people. For instance, Mian Raza Ahmed is the class fellow of Ijaz Butt's son in-law and he is the current Financial Officer. Colonel Retired Khwaja Najam was appointed by Mian Shahbaz Shareef (Chief Minister of Punjab). Pakistan Cricket is victim of spot fixing in 2010. It is not the very first time Pakistan Cricket is being victimized since 1980. In 2010 the News of the World explored that three Pakistani players Salman Butt, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir are involved in spot fixing against England in the 4th test in Lord's Cricket Ground in London. They said that three players accepted bribes from agent Mazhar Majeed and they were agree to obey the orders given by him. For instance, Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir will bowl no-balls at specific times. Then in response to the allegation Scotland Yard Police arrested Mazhar Majeed on the charge of match fixing. The International Cricket Council (ICC) declares that Salman Butt is banned for 10 years with 5 years suspension. Muhammad Asif and Muhammad Amir are baned for 7 years with 2 years suspension and 5 years with 2 years suspension respectively.