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Shinwari resigns as Afghanistan board chief executive


Hamid Shinwari has resigned as the CEO of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB). His resignation comes days after Omar Zakhilwal stepped down as the ACB chairman due to his commitments as the country's minister of finance, and the appointment of Shahzada Massoud to take his place.

Shinwari, who was appointed ACB's chief in 2010, served for two years, with a study leave in Australia in 2011 between his two stints.

"My resignation comes after the recent resignation of Dr Omar Zakhilwal," Shinwari said. "Along with President Karzai's subsequent appointment of Mr Shazada Massoud as the new Chairman who has said he will be responsible for the day-to-day management of the ACB. These changes led me to see that my abilities and commitment to Afghanistan could be best used somewhere else. In addition, I have recently had a number of interesting job offers and I wish now take some leave to consider these."

ACB reshuffled its staff in April when, in an effort to effect better cricket administration and leadership, Shinwari was reappointed as ACB's CEO after his study break. Nasimullah Danish continues to serve as the deputy CEO.

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Afghanistan cricket team face Pakistan in first T20 match in UAE




The Afghan National Cricket Team will be facing the National Cricket Team of Pakistan in a T20
match in United Arab Emirates, the Afghan cricket Board (ACB) announced on Friday.
The Cricket Board of Afghanistan (ACB) in a statement said, “Based on the agreement between
the cricket boards of the two nations, a T20 match will be organized on 8 December this year.”

The statement furhter added that this will be the first T20 match between the first grade and
second grade members of the cricket council.
United Arab Emirates has been elected as the venue of T20 match between Afghanistan and
Pakistan, and the match between the two countries will coincide with the final match of major
continental cup.

Chief Executive of Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) Dr. Noor Mohammad Murad said, “The cricket
board administration of Afghanistan experienced new initiatives in 2013, and the ACB is still
progressing towards latest initiatives.”

Dr. Murad further added that the match between the Afghanistan and Pakistan national cricket
teams will give a high ferment to the national team of Afghanistan, and everyone will anxiously
wait to see the match.

He said the cricket board of Afghanistan, besides the international cricket council schedules is
working on a number of plans to bring new initiatives for the Afghanistan cricket in 2014.