PCB appoints Waqar and Misbah as mentors for domestic competitions

Less than a month after taking on the role as advisor to the PCB chairman on cricket affairs, Waqar Younis' tenure has come to an end. The renowned former fast bowler and coach has now been appointed as a mentor for one of the five teams in the upcoming domestic competitions being introduced by the PCB this season.

Waqar is joined by Misbah-ul-Haq, Shoaib Malik, Saqlain Mushtaq and Sarfaraz Ahmed as mentors, whose first assignments will be the Champions One Day Cup, due to start in Faisalabad from September 12.

Waqar was slated to become the board's cricket supremo, a role created to take the burden of cricketing decisions away from the PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi. He even appeared alongside Naqvi at a press conference in that role, an unveiling of sorts, at Gaddafi Stadium at the time.

The PCB hasn't given a reason for why Waqar is no longer in that role and why he is now a mentor instead, which is a three-year contract and was, in the PCB's words, the result of a "transparent and robust recruitment process". It has been suggested that both parties thought Waqar might be better suited to a team-building role such as this, with more active involvement in the development of a side.

The role for the advisor to the chairman is still being advertised for.

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