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Qadir quits as Pakistan chief selector

Updated on: 09 June,2009 02:20 PM IST  | 
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Pakistan cricket plunged into fresh crisis with chief selector Abdul Qadir resigning in mysterious circumstances. The announcement of the resignation came out of the blue and a day after Pakistan was trounced by England in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament

Qadir quits as Pakistan chief selector

Pakistan cricket plunged into fresh crisis with chief selector Abdul Qadir resigning in mysterious circumstances.
The announcement of the resignation came out of the blue and a day after Pakistan was trounced by England in the ICC World Twenty20 tournament.


Incidentally, Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Chairman Ejaz Butt wasted no time in accepting Qadir's resignation.


"We don't know the reason for his decision to resign but the Chairman, Ejaz Butt has accepted it," Saleem Altaf, the PCB chief operating officer, told PTI.


Qadir was not available for any comments as he switched off his cell phone but rumours were gathering momentum that the former test leg-spinner was told to resign or get the boot.

"Butt called him to his office and told him either he should resign or he will be sacked," one source in the board said.

Other sources said that the reason for Butt's sudden decision to get rid of Qadir might have something to do with rumors of corruption in the selection of the national team and Pakistan A squad for Australia.

But no board official, including Altaf, was willing to comment on the rumours.

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