Jalaluddin, Akhtar Sarfraz, Asmavia Iqbal, PCB, Women's Team, Bismah Mahroof
Pakistan Women's cricket team's selection committe would be headed by Jalaluddin. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

On Thursday (January 25), Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced the former Test cricketer Jalaluddin as the head of the selection committee for women.

Moreover, the three-member committee for the women’s team includes former player Akhtar Sarfraz.

On the other side, the 30-year-old Asmavia Iqbal will work alongside both former players after hanging her boots to bid adieu to the 12-year-long international career.

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Jalaluddin has set his eye to work hard for the women’s development. Photo Credit: Web.

The former Pakistan pacer Jalaluddin has further expressed to work hard with the Board to deliver goods for the women’s cricket to set the house in order.

“Apart from the selection committee, I will be indirectly involved in the women’s development programme as well,” Jalaluddin was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.

Asmavia, also took to the micro-blogging website Twitter to announce her retirement before accepting the selection role while praising the efforts of the Board and adding she would work in tandem with the PCB.

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Asmavia Iqbal to work as the subordinate with Jalaluddin. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

The right-arm medium pacer Asmavia played 92 ODIs and 68 T20. She bagged 70 scalps in the ODI format before picking 44 wickets in the T20s

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Interestingly, the move came after the selection committee got disbanded following 2017 Women’s Cup early exit.

Jalaluddin, who has set her focus on the talented pool of cricketers in a bid to pick the players on the basis of performances while adding it would be an arduous task to work on with limited resources available.

“My first task would be to expand the pool of the women cricketers, which is a bigger challenge than selecting players as we don’t have a big pool out of which we can make a selection. I will make sure the sense of merit will prevail,” Jalaluddin asserted.

Mark Coles as a chief coach:

The PCB has also made it clear that Mark Coles, who has been working as a temporary coach since September 2017 further saw the Board sealing a two-year deal with the coach.

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Sana Mir tendered her resignation as a skipper after 2017 Women’s World Cup debacle. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

The massive changes also witness Sana Mir been axed which saw Bismah Maroof sitting on the throne following the miserable campaign in England.

PCB wants to set an example with the revamping policy to develop the women’s cricket

Cole earlier worked with New Zealand A which further saw him starting off his stint for Pakistan women’s team against his home side New Zealand in the United Arab Emirates in October 2017.

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Jalaluddin’s international cricket for Pakistan:

The 58-year-old Karachi-based Jalaluddin played just six Tests for Pakistan which further saw him featuring in eight One-day Internationals. He has bagged 25 wickets across formats between 1982 and 1985.

“I have accepted this job with an open mind and with an intention to make a difference,” Jalaluddin remarked.

However, his domestic performance, particularly in the first-class format, was remarkable which saw him bagging 261 scalps in 70 matches at the average of 24.14.

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Pakistan women’s team has been miserable. Photo Credit: Getty Images.

Akhtar Sarfraz to work as subordinate:

The 41-year-old former left-handed batsman Sarfraz, who hails from Peshawar featured in just four ODIs for Pakistan which saw him scoring 66 runs at an average of 16.40; however, he boasted about his career in the domestic fold which saw him registering 5,720 runs in 118 first-class matches and 2,636 runs in 98 List A games.

Sarfraz’s interesting career started off in December 1997 against Windies at Sharjah which came to an abrupt end against the same team in October 1998 at Dhaka in Bangladesh.

Pakistan women’s cricket has been facing a massive challenge to improve owing to the performances.

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