After serving as chief selector of the Pakistan cricket team for over a year, Misbah-Ul-Haq is going to leave that role. Misbah, however, will continue to serve as the head coach of the men’s team. Misbah will make the announcement at 1.15pm PKT via a press conference.
ESPNcricinfo understands that Misbah’s decision comes as a result of the implementation of PCB’s new code of ethics that was put in place to remove issues arising from conflict of interest. In Misbah’s case, the conflict of interest was of him being selector and coach of the men’s side.
When Misbah took the dual selector-coach role in September 2019, this specific code of ethics – which was ratified in July 2020 – did not exist. Commenting on his latest decision, Misbah has also said that he felt “tremendous pressure” in conducting both roles.
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