Muhammad Hafeez’s journey as PCB director is over

Mohammad Hafeez’s role as Director of Cricket has ended following an administrative change in the Pakistan Cricket Board.

According to reports, the former Test captain has been given a clear message by the board’s top officials that his services will not be required in the near future.

Mohammad Hafeez, 43, left for the Australia tour in December 2023 as director of cricket, but before the New Zealand tour was over, PCB management committee chief Chaudhry Zaka Ashraf resigned from his post due to his lack of involvement with the board. Mohammad Hafeez suffered a lot.

The manner in which Muhammad Hafeez acted under Zaka Ashraf’s chairmanship was a cause of great concern to some board officials, the first practical example of which was seen at the end of the tour, when he met Acting Chairman PCB. After that, Mohammad Hafeez was not given a platform on the detailed media briefing of the tour, following which it was reported that Chief Executive Salman Naseer and International Director Usman Wahla were not feeling too well with Mohammad Hafeez as Director of Cricket and all this. The latest escalation in the situation came when, according to reports, Mohammad Hafeez might not meet the new Chairman PCB Mohsin Raza Naqvi despite his efforts.

In this context, following repeatedly contacting Nabila and Director Media Alia Rasheed in the Chairman’s office, they might not get an encouraging response. They don’t show up and want to have a foreign coaching staff with some different thinking.