Committee formed on team’s poor performance in Australia

Updated at: 1933 PST, Monday, February 01, 2010

LAHORE: Chairman Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Ijaz Butt has formed a six-member committee for reviewing the poor performance of the national cricket team on the tour of Australia while he said that the resignation of Iqbal Qasim has not been accepted and he has been asked to continue his job until the Twenty20 World Cup.Talking with media here at the Gaddafi Stadium on Monday, the chairman PCB said that all matters are now under process so the resignation of Iqbal Qasim cannot be accepted and he has been directed to continue as chief selector.Ijaz Butt said that the PCB has formed a six-member committee which will be headed by Wasim Bari and will include Wazir Ali Khoja, Yawar Saeed, Haroon Rasheed, Zakir Khan and Tafazzul Rizvi.Besides reviewing the team’s performance, the committee will also review the violations of discipline and other matters and then it will submit its recommendations to the chairman.