Cricket authorities in Pakistan have withdrawn spot-fixing convicted former captain Salman Butt from a consultancy role a day after his appointment was announced, following criticism from the media, fans, and cricket experts.
Butt, along with former players Kamran Akmal and Rao Iftikhar Anjum, was appointed as a consultant for the men’s national team, according to a Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) statement on Friday. However, Butt was withdrawn from the position a day later in a <a href="https://news.ad-astra.icu/consultant-role-withdrawn-for-former-pakistan-cricket-captain-convicted-of-fixing.html” title=”Consultant role withdrawn for former Pakistan cricket captain convicted of fixing”>hastily-called press conference by chief selector Wahab Riaz.
“I am reverting the decision to hire Salman as we are friends and I have been accused of nepotism in appointing him,” Riaz told reporters at PCB’s headquarters in Lahore on Saturday evening.
“As chief selector, it is up to me whom I want to hire to help me so I hired him [Butt] as he has knowledge of domestic cricket and possesses a good cricketing mind, but there has been a great deal of debate since the decision was announced,” Riaz said.
“I have told Salman he can’t be a part of my team,” he added.
The PCB turned down Al Jazeera’s request for a comment on Butt’s appointment after his role in the sport’s arguably biggest corruption scandal.
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