PCB CEO Wasim Khan resigns
Last updated on: 29 September,2021 09:30 pm
Wasim Khan gave his resignation in a meeting with PCB Chairman Ramiz Raja.
LAHORE: (Dunya News) - Chief Executive Officer of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) Wasim Khan has sent his resignation to newly-elected PCB chief Ramiz Raja.
This was confirmed by the Pakistan Cricket Board in press release today (Wednesday). The PCB said the board of governors will meet later today to review the matter.
According to sources, Wasim Khan was unhappy with the obstacles he had to face in exercising his powers.
Wasim Khan joined PCB as the chief executive on a three-year contract in 2019 and his contract was expiring in February 2022.
Wasim Khan is a holder of Masters Degree from the Warwick Business School. In 1995, he became the first British-born Pakistani to be awarded a professional contract when he signed for Warwickshire, and later also played for Sussex and Derbyshire.
He ended his six-year first-class career with 58 matches and 2,835 runs. He joined the Cricket Foundation in 2005, and became its Chief Executive in 2009. In 2006, his autobiography ‘Brim Full of Passion’ won the Wisden Book of the Year. In 2013, Wasim was awarded MBE for his services to cricket and communities.
In 2015, he became Leicestershire CCC’s Chief Executive and, in doing so, became the first South Asian CEO in the history of first-class cricket in England. He also sat on the Equality & Human Rights Commission Sports Group, The Prince’s Trust Cricket Group and the Board of Sport England. In April 2018, he was appointed chair of the ECB’s Men’s Domestic Playing Programme Group.