Pakistan cricket authorities have nominated their former Test captain and Board
Chief Executive Majid Jahangir Khan to head the influential International
Cricket Council's Cricket Committee after the resignation of Sunil Gavaskar
of India.
Gavaskar stepped down as the chairman of the Committee after being asked by the
ICC to choose between his ICC posting and his wide ranging media commitments which
they described as a conflict of interest.
Gavaskar went for his media commitments after a long stint at the head of the
committee.
A senior PCB official said they had sent in their nomination and given
the name of Majid Khan.
"He has previous experience of top level cricket administration and he
has worked on several ICC committees and assignments," the official said.
Majid's name was also pushed forward last year when the elections for the high-profile
post were held but Gavaskar retained his position despite resistance from Pakistan
and some other countries.
Majid, who played 63 Tests and 23 One-Day Internationals, had a no-nonsense
approach as administrator when he was PCB Chief Executive before stepping down
in 1999.
Sources said the PCB had already started to lobby and garner support for Majid's
election as the Committee chairman although the other Test playing nations would
also be submitting their nominations.
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