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Paris Saint-Germain have confirmed that they have activated a clause to sign Goncalo Ramos on a permanent basis from Benfica.

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Ramos signed on loan in summer windowDeal included permanent transfer clauseStriker signed contract until 2028WHAT HAPPENED?

PSG initially signed the striker on loan from Benfica in the summer window, with the deal involving an obligation to sign him on a permanent contract. The French champions have confirmed they have activated the clause, agreeing to pay a potential €80 million (£70m/$87m) including add-ons to the Portuguese giants, and have tied him to a contract until 2028.

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Ramos was signed by PSG after a fantastic season at Benfica in which he scored 27 goals in 47 matches in all competitions. Since joining the Ligue 1 side, however, he has managed just two goals in 15 matches – only eight of which he has started.

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Ramos faces some competition for the number nine role in Luis Enrique's team, with fellow summer signing Randal Kolo Muani also fighting for the striker position. Kolo Muani, who joined from Eintracht Frankfurt, has fired in just three goals in 11 games.

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The Portuguese striker will hope to repay PSG's faith in him by adding to his goal tally when they take on Ligue 1 rivals Monaco on Friday. They will then prepare to host Premier League side Newcastle in the Champions League next Tuesday.

Former England batsman Mark Butcher says the ECB’s handling of Kevin Pietersen will leave a lot of supporters of English cricket “confused”

Gaurav Kalra12-May-20156:17

Butcher: Don’t think Pietersen would ever trust ECB now

Former England batsman Mark Butcher says the ECB’s handling of Kevin Pietersen will leave a lot of supporters of English cricket “confused”. Reacting to the announcement by newly appointed director of cricket Andrew Strauss that Pietersen wasn’t part of England’s plans for the upcoming summer, Butcher said it will be a “bitter pill to swallow” for the batsman who did everything that was asked of him to be back in consideration for a recall.”Pietersen trusted Colin Graves when he said that the slate would be wiped clean and he would be picked on merit again, he now knows that is not case,” Butcher told ESPNcricinfo. “Irrespective of how many runs he scores, he will not get picked. So, the trust from his side isn’t there either.”In confirming Pietersen’s exile for the rest of the summer, Strauss said “a massive trust issue” existed between the two. Butcher said he feared that this ruptured personal relationship between the men may have led to a situation where the best interests of English cricket weren’t prioritised.”I don’t know why their personal relationship is important as they no longer share a dressing room together,” he said. “The cricket that is coming up – England trying to win against New Zealand and the Ashes – did not get mentioned. There has been a lot of talk about building for the future. That’s one thing English cricket has always done exceptionally well. The present is passing by and the results are passing by.”Another interesting thing was that Strauss said that he has not been banned; he’s just not a part of our plans at the moment. It is the same scenario that has existed for a while now. I think the people and Pietersen want some clarity. He would want to know whether he’s wasting his time or has he still got a chance. As far as I can tell, none of those questions have been answered.”Butcher is convinced that despite the door being shut on Pietersen in the immediate future, this saga is far from over. He believes that come the Ashes the story will still be “bubbling beneath the surface”, especially if England falter in their upcoming series against New Zealand.”You don’t score that many international runs without being a very fine player,” Butcher said. “In order for him to get back in, there was always going to be a payoff. The payoff was that he had to score runs which he has done emphatically but also that others would have to fail or England will have to lose Test matches and series. So, we haven’t gone back to the critical point yet. The point is that England didn’t win in the West Indies and I said that they would do very well to win there.”Given that they face New Zealand now who are a fantastic side and will face an England side that is not at 100 percent they can very easily create a few problems. You cannot tell me this story is over because everyone knows what happens in English cricket when the Ashes occur. Big stories happen and heroes and villains emerge.”At least for the moment though, the ECB’s shambolic handling of the entire affair has meant Pietersen has won the public relations battle hands down in the eyes of most observers. Butcher is among those.”If there was somebody writing Kevin’s script and had this grand plan of turning public opinion in his favour against the ECB, then whoever’s writing that is doing a very good job,” he said. “With every passing day and the revelations and the press conferences, it looks as though the person who has come out of this smelling the sweetest is Kevin irrespective of whether he plays or not.”

Soccer legend Ronaldinho recently repped NBA superstar Jayson Tatum's Boston Celtics jersey on an episode of Survivor Turkey.

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Ronaldinho guests on Survivor TurkeyWears Jayson Tatum jerseyPlays beach soccer with contestantsWHAT HAPPENED?

In the clip posted by the survival TV show, the Brazil legend was a guest speaking to contestants, who then proceeded to play a game of beach soccer with them. Of course, Ronaldinho wore the Celtics jersey on the sandy pitch while skilling alongside contestants!

The ex-Barcelona man followed it with a game of soccer tennis on the beach with the group.

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Tatum recently met up with soon-to-be real Madrid star Endrick last December, when the duo posed for photos courtside at TD Garden. Ronaldinho, meanwhile, is thoroughly enjoying his retirement from the professional game. Last June, in another visit to Turkey, the Brazil legend scored a 120-meter long-range volley onto a boat into a river. Safe to say Turkey is treating him well!

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The Boston Celtics currently sit atop the Eastern Conference standings, with a record of 43-12 this season. Meanwhile, Ronaldinho is enjoying retirement, with his latest cameo being on the survival TV show in Turkey. Who knows where he will pop up on our screens next!

Organisers of the World T20 in Chittagong will use on-site generators to run floodlights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, rather than off the main electric grid, to try and ensure against another loss of power.

Alan Gardner in Chittagong26-Mar-2014Organisers of the World T20 in Chittagong will use on-site generators to run floodlights at the Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, rather than off the main electric grid, to try and ensure against another loss of power.The Super 10 game between Netherlands and Sri Lanka on Monday evening was interrupted for around 10 minutes by a set of the lights failing. This was the second time that Netherlands had seen the lights go out, after a power cut at the ground led to their warm-up match against Afghanistan having to be shortened.AZM Nasiruddin, a BCB director from Chittagong, played down the problems but admitted a switch to using the generators would be made.”These things can happen and they certainly did not turn out over the whole world,” Nasiruddin said of the floodlight failure. “Earlier we used the line from the Power Development Board and kept the generators for back-up, but from now on the games will be totally dependent on the generators.”In Sylhet, Ireland’s match against UAE was decided on Duckworth-Lewis after the combination of a power cut and bad weather saw the lights go out. Before the tournament, several fertiliser factories were reportedly asked to cease production to ease demand.

England ended the first day miles in front after Stuart Broad’s 6 for 25 helped bowl India out for 152

The Report by Andrew McGlashan07-Aug-2014
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsA couple of weeks ago it appeared unlikely Stuart Broad would make it through this series and until a few days ago it was by no means certain that James Anderson would be available, either. As it was, the pair combined to take nine wickets – Broad the bulk of them with 6 for 25 – as India were removed for 152 inside two sessions at Old Trafford and by the close England were strongly placed only 39 runs behind to suggest a significant swing in the series.Within six overs India were in tatters at 8 for 4; three of the top four having collected ducks, including the struggling Virat Kohli who fell second ball to his nemesis Anderson. From the rubble of the first half an hour, their final total was something of a recovery. MS Dhoni, back at No. 6 after another reshuffle of the batting order, played excellently for his 71 but Broad, who according to reports will have knee surgery after the series, cleaned up the lower order.Stuart Broad dismissed Gautam Gambhir and Cheteshwar Pujara before running through the lower order•Getty ImagesThe six ducks in India’s innings equalled the world record as, for the first time this season, England managed to exploit what could be termed ‘English’ conditions although they were by no means frightful. It was certainly the quickest pitch seen so far but, by and large, England found the correct, full length which found the edges which they had failed to do at Headingley against Sri Lanka and Lord’s in this series.England did not have it all their own way in reply, certainly against the new ball as Sam Robson and Alastair Cook departed cheaply to leave them 36 for 2. However, on a gloriously sunny evening Ian Bell, after wild pull first ball, clicked into gear with a string of boundaries which included advancing down to loft R Ashwin for a straight six.Gary Ballance continued his fine form and the third-wicket pair looked set to see out the day but Ballance was trapped lbw by the impressive Varun Aaron, playing his second Test and first since November 2011, from around the wicket in what proved the final over the day. It should be noted that eight overs were lost.There was a stroke – or should that be a flip – of fortune for England before a ball was bowled. Cook lost the toss and Dhoni was happy to bat first; it has been the route taken by every Test captain at this ground since Graham Gooch against Australia in 1993. Cook admitted he would have batted, but as he said that he glanced skywards at the clouds, which had been heavy enough to delay the start by half an hour with drizzle, and pondered what could be on offer.Stood at first slip, Cook would immediately have been delighted by what he watched. A manic 13-ball period began when Broad made the opening incision in the fourth over when Gautam Gambhir, playing his first Test since December 2012 in place of Shikhar Dhawan, was squared up in a manner similar to the 2011 tour and edged to gully.Anderson had already found his groove and now started to find the edges. M Vijay, the pillar of India’s batting in the series, nicked a perfect outswinger to Cook at first slip and two deliveries later there was a near replay when Kohli moved across his crease and felt for another delivery which curved away. It was one of those spells where another wicket, if not more, felt inevitable and Dhoni’s uncertain technique was given a working over by Anderson.There has been some criticism this season of the length of spells Anderson has been asked to bowl, but the nine-over opening burst today was fully understandable in the circumstances. It was a reminder, not that any was needed, of the significance of the not-guilty verdict.The next stage of the match came when Cook changed the bowling – would Chris Woakes and Chris Jordan maintain the stranglehold? Woakes could have struck – for just the second time in Test cricket – with his third ball when Dhoni edged a booming drive which flew high towards Jordan at fourth slip but he could not time his jump to intercept the chance.Dhoni was always keen to try and get onto the front foot and England’s response was to bowl a touch shorter, which took them away from what had provided all the earlier success. It was not a complete dereliction of their duties as happened at Lord’s, but they were perhaps sucked in by Dhoni’s method. Whenever the ball was full, it kept moving.As it did at Lord’s, Ajinkya Rahane’s technique, playing the ball late with a straight bat, stood him in good stead and he was the most comfortable of India’s batsmen in the morning session only to be let down by a rare misjudgement, driving at a swinging delivery, although it was a timely reminder to England’s bowlers that the cost of a few boundaries is worth the potential reward of the outside edge. For Jordan, the weakest link of the attack at the Ageas Bowl, it was an important wicket after two barren outings although the support for Anderson and Broad was still not as exacting as it could have been.Shortly after lunch the other half of the recent off-field drama, Ravindra Jadeja, who had not been given an overly welcoming reception from the partisan crowd, was pinned lbw by a classic Anderson set-up, almost identical to how he fell at the Ageas Bowl. At 63 for 6 three figures was looking some way off for India.Ashwin counter-attacked, picking off England’s bowlers when they were drawn into bowling too straight, and the total was doubled during the 14-over stand with Dhoni. However, when there was just a hint that England could let frustration get to them, Ashwin picked out deep square-leg from a short delivery. Bhuvneshwar Kumar’s batting mojo has deserted him since Lord’s and he left a delivery that hit middle stump and after Dhoni collected a few defiant boundaries managed to pick out the only fielder within acres on the leg side.It was not perfect from England. Early in England’s reply, Robson shouldered arms to a well-disguised inswinger from Bhuvneshwar which took his off stump. It was an unconvincing stay from Robson, who twice nearly edged to slip, and he is the one new member of the batting order who, despite his hundred against Sri Lanka, has yet to wholly convince.If Robson is feeling any pressure, he could glance over at his opening partner. Cook revived his fortunes last week and, as he slotted away an on- and off-drive off Pankaj Singh, and was moving smoothly only to be outdone by a slippery short delivery from Aaron who touched 90mph during a lively spell. Going for the hook, Cook was not in control and top-edged to Pankaj at long leg. Pankaj took it nonchalantly, but surely will have wished the dismissal was the other way around: his wait for a maiden Test wicket goes on.

A summary of the matches from Group C of the Ranji Trophy on January 31, 2015

ESPNcricinfo staff31-Jan-2015
ScorecardRishi Dhawan claimed a career-best 7 for 93•Shailesh BhatnagarHimachal Pradesh allrounder Rishi Dhawan took a career-best 7 for 93 as Tripura made 346, but it wasn’t enough to avoid the follow-on.Tripura began on 143 for 2 and 18-year old opener Bishal Ghosh went on from his overnight 81 to make his maiden first-class century, an innings that included 15 fours. However, he was struck down by Dhawan immediately.After losing three wickets for nine runs to be 193 for 6, Tripura’s final five batsmen mustered 139 runs, with their No. 10 Rana Dutta scoring 43 off 68 balls with six fours. He was left unbeaten as Dhawan wrapped up the tail in his 30th over.Tripura’s opener’s were left 17 overs to bat and they played them out very cautiously, making only 20 runs. Ghosh is unbeaten on 9 off 37 balls while his opening partner Singha faced 66 deliveries for his 6.
Scorecard Jharkhand legspinner Samar Quadri picked up eight wickets, and a run-out on the third day after Goa were made to follow-on in Porvorim.The hosts’ lower-middle order kept getting starts but none of them could push on as they were bowled out for 215 as Quadri finished with 4 for 64.Goa’s batting gained better structure in their second innings despite Amogh Desai having to retire hurt on 12. Swapnil Asnodkar, the captain, and Sagun Kamat progressed steadily and the score was 77 for 0 in 20 overs before Quadri made his impact.He removed Kamat for 36, then Asnodkar for 38 and ran-out Desai after he returned to bat for 26 to initiate a wobble. At stumps, Goa required nine runs to take the lead, with five wickets in hand. Wicketkeeper Keenan Vaz and Suraj Dongre are batting on 23 and 1 respectively.
ScorecardSwarupam Purkayastha, batting at No. 8, struck his maiden first-class century and lifted Assam to 312 from their overnight score of 199 for 6, before striking thrice with the ball and leaving Andhra on 116 for 6 in their second innings.Assam began pulling away when Syed Mohammad and Purkayastha extended their partnership to 134 runs. Purkayastha stroked 14 fours and 3 sixes during his undefeated 108 off 248 balls while Mohammad made his seventh first-class fifty. Naren Reddy was Andhra’s best bowler, with 4 for 62.Andhra’s reply had begun well, with an opening stand of 48, but losing three wickets in as many overs meant that they slipped to 50 for 3. Captain Mohammad Kaif and AG Pradeep mounted a brief resistance with a 46-run association to trim Assam’s first-innings lead of 175 before Pradeep was undone by Mohammad, who finished the day with figures of 9-5-8-2.Purkayastha, having taken five successive five-wicket hauls, might be thinking of another, having picked up 3 for 40. He has 35 dismissals so far, joined with Rishi Dhawan as the second highest wicket-taker for the season.Kerala v Services: Kerala eye win after spinners dominate

James Faulkner has become a central part to Australia’s World Cup 2015 plans as the team looks to be chopped and changed in preparation to the big event

Daniel Brettig18-Jan-2014James Faulkner’s rare temperament, as much as his powerful hitting, will make him a central part of Australia’s already advanced planning for the 2015 World Cup. The great escape Faulkner engineered at the Gabba to thoroughly demoralise England was not his first, evidence of the clear thinking and even temper that has made him so valued by team-mates at the age of 23.The vice-captain Brad Haddin, who watched Faulkner’s innings from the dressing room after being one of several batsmen to fall in the chase while essaying the sort of aggressive strokes the younger man would choose so wisely, placed the innings in perspective. He felt Faulkner had been fortified by engineering a similar chase in Mohali against India last year, and that he had always shown an ability to learn quickly.”That was an extraordinary finish last night. We were in no position to win the game until James hit the four through cover in the last over,” Haddin said. “The funny thing about that, it’s not the first time he’s done it. He’s done it in Mohali before, but to get us out of the position we were in last night was an extraordinary effort.”I think Mohali’s helped him. He understands now that if [he] can get the game deep he has the power to clear the rope at the end. He paced his innings pretty well last night. He’s a guy’s who learns quicker than most. He’s only young but he takes everything on board. He picks up things and puts them into action.”He has been a part of our set-up for the whole summer and he’s obviously an exceptional talent. He’s got that competitive edge you want in a cricket team.”Australia’s coach, Darren Lehmann, has outlined his desire to bring a strong squad mentality to the limited-overs dressing room, where players know their roles and can come in to fill them seamlessly, whether they start a tournament or not. Harking back to his own playing days, Lehmann has outlined the value of squad players to Australia in past World Cups, from Tom Moody in 1999 to Andy Bichel and Andrew Symonds in 2003 and Shaun Tait in 2007.Unlike the Ashes success in which the same 11 players pushed themselves through the five Tests to deliver a sweep of England, Lehmann has made it clear that he will need more than a single team’s worth of contributors for a tournament that will be played in contrasting conditions – from the slow, low drop-ins of New Zealand, to the faster tracks of Brisbane and Perth.So the emergence of role-players like Faulkner will be critical to Australia’s chances of wresting back a title they lost in 2011, as will the further perpetuation of the winning habit, now well established against an increasingly forlorn England.”We’re trying to put a squad together now leading into the World Cup, so we’re giving guys an opportunity to show their worth,” Haddin said of Australia’s burgeoning squad. “It’s massive, every game for us now, because we’re fighting for World Cup selection. We all want to be part of the World Cup.”People say winning is a habit and so is losing and I think that was no more evident than last night. We probably lost wickets at crucial times and didn’t close out the game like we should have and no one in our top four went on and got a hundred. England did all that and we won the game. Winning is a habit and so is losing.”We’re enjoying the cricket we’re playing at the moment and we’ve got a chance tomorrow at the SCG to close the series down and that’s what we’re looking to do. We go into every series hoping to win and we’re hoping after last night we can open a few more scars in Sydney and finish it off. It’s a massive achievement if we can do that tomorrow.”As for England’s surrender of such a dominant position when Australia’s ninth wicket fell, Haddin was in no mood to offer any sort of sympathy. “Obviously they won’t be feeling well but that’s not for me to judge,” he said. “We were in a position last night when England batted, bowled and fielded a lot better than us, and we won the game.”We’ll obviously take a lot of confidence out of that leading into this game in Sydney. I don’t need to worry about what Alastair Cook says to his team. We’ve all been on the end of a few floggings from England, so I’m not worried about what he says to his team.”

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Crystal Palace fans have taken to Twitter to react after The Sun revealed that Gary Cahill is being considered as a late loan target for the Eagles, as Fulham eye a centre-back of their own in Scott Dann.

Dann has made just one appearance this season, playing 90 minutes in the FA Cup against Grimsby having made a full recovery from a serious knee injury suffered against Manchester City last season, although he is now struggling to dislodge James Tomkins and Mamadou Sakho from the starting lineup.

Fulham were keen on a deal for Cahill originally, as the 33-year-old is seemingly surplus to requirements at Chelsea under Maurizio Sarri, but the England international was not keen on a move to Craven Cottage.

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Roy Hodgson’s Palace are supposedly eyeing a loan move with the potential to make the deal permanent in the summer, however eyebrows have been raised at the news of their interest as they are still in desperate need of a striker.

The south London-based side have seen just three goals scored between their senior striking options this season in Jordan Ayew, Christian Benteke and Connor Wickham – the former has two, Benteke none, and Wickham one.

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Fawad Ahmed is expected to make his long-awaited debut for Australia during the limited-overs series that follows the Ashes after being named in an 18-man squad at the expense of Xavier Doherty

Brydon Coverdale15-Aug-2013Fawad Ahmed is expected to make his long-awaited debut for Australia during the limited-overs series that follows the Ashes after being named in an 18-man squad at the expense of Xavier Doherty. Fast bowler Josh Hazlewood has also been included and should play his first ODI in three years, while Doherty and the allrounder Mitchell Marsh were the only players dropped from the squad that contested the Champions Trophy in June.The most fascinating inclusion is that of Ahmed, a legspinner who arrived in Australia in 2010 as an asylum seeker from Pakistan, where he had played ten first-class games over four years. Ahmed impressed for Victoria during the 2012-13 season and his Australian citizenship was fast-tracked this year in an effort to make him available for the Ashes, although he was ultimately not chosen in the Test squad.But Australia’s selectors remain keen on Ahmed as an international option and have been impressed by his bowling during the ongoing Australia A tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa. Although Ahmed has collected only two wickets in the five one-day games on the tour, the selectors believe he has bowled better than his figures indicate, and he will be the lead spinner alongside allrounder Glenn Maxwell in the limited-overs games in England.Changes to Australia’s ODI squad from the Champions Trophy

In: Fawad Ahmed, Josh Hazlewood, Aaron Finch, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith

Out: Xavier Doherty, Mitchell Marsh

“Fawad Ahmed gets his opportunity as the squad’s lead spinner,” the national selector John Inverarity said. “Fawad has been a consistent wicket-taker on the Australia A tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is a mature and very good leg-spin bowler, and the national selection panel is keen to see how he fares in international competition … He has been bowling very well in South Africa and turning the ball and troubling the batsmen so we’re keen to have a look at him.”He takes Xavier Doherty’s place. Xavier has been a fine performer for Australia over the years. We haven’t selected the side for India, for the seven ODIs there in October, but it’s likely that both players will be on that tour. He [Doherty] is very much a known quantity and he’s a wonderful young man and a very good cricketer. He can be hopeful that further opportunities will come his way.”The 18-man squad will gather for the two Twenty20s against England that follow the Ashes and the group will then be trimmed to 15 for the one-off ODI against Scotland and five against England in September. While Mitchell Marsh was replaced by Steven Smith after having limited impact in the Champions Trophy, his brother Shaun was included and is likely to play in the T20s, but whether he remains part of the squad for the ODIs is unclear.The same can be said of Aaron Finch, who has been captain of Australia A during the African tour, while the rest of the batting line-up was largely as expected. However, there was no place for Nic Maddinson, the young New South Wales batsman who has played a number of eye-catching innings for Australia A in the British Isles and Africa over the past couple of months, including a remarkable 181 from 143 balls against Gloucestershire in Bristol.”While he hasn’t been selected in this squad, the national selection panel also notes the strong performances of Nic Maddinson in recent months for Australia A,” Inverarity said. “We look forward to him continuing to build on that good form and pressing his claims for higher honours in the future.”The pace attack will be led by the experienced Mitchell Johnson and Clint McKay, but also features younger talent including Nathan Coulter-Nile, who made his T20 international debut in February, and Hazlewood, who also reappeared in the national side via February’s T20 against West Indies. Hazlewood, 22, made his ODI debut in England in 2010 but has always been regarded by the selectors as a player to watch.”We’re looking forward to him showing his wares in international cricket again,” Inverarity said. “He made his debut for Australia in 2010 at the age of 19. Three years later he’s a stronger young man and a better bowler. He has been very impressive with his form in Zimbabwe and South Africa.”I’ve been talking with Andy Bichel, who’s the selector on duty in Zimbabwe and South Africa, and Josh has been very impressive, has bowled with good pace and good accuracy and has been moving the ball. I think it’s the right time for him to come through and join the international squad.”Squad Michael Clarke (ODI capt), George Bailey (T20 capt), Fawad Ahmed, Nathan Coulter-Nile, James Faulkner, Aaron Finch, Josh Hazlewood, Phillip Hughes, Mitchell Johnson, Shaun Marsh, Glenn Maxwell, Clint McKay, Steven Smith, Mitchell Starc, Adam Voges, Matthew Wade (wk), David Warner, Shane Watson.

Najam Sethi has called Waqar Younis his “hero”, but said the PCB chose Moin Khan for the continuity he would bring

Umar Farooq12-Feb-2014With Najam Sethi back at the helm of the PCB, Moin Khan’s appointment as head coach didn’t come as a surprise. But he wasn’t an automatic choice. Apart from Moin, the PCB’s coach committee, comprising former captains Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam and Wasim Akram, had shortlisted another heavyweight candidate in Waqar Younis. The PCB’s management committee though unanimously voted for Moin.”Waqar Younis is my hero. He has great reputation, integrity, and is a man of wisdom, but after all consideration we had to choose Moin Khan,” Sethi said. “No doubt he [Waqar] is good, but after considering all the factors we have decided to go with the first option [Moin].”Last year, when the PCB was caught up in legal tussles, Sethi had brought Moin into the setup during his interim term. He was made the Pakistan team manager in July 2013.”Moin has been with the team for the last six months and has good rapport [with the team] and the captain and players respect him, so continuity is one of the factors in our decision,” Sethi said.ESPNcricinfo understands Sethi was the last man who voted for Moin, after one member of the management committee expressed serious reservations over Waqar.Waqar had first served as coach from March 2010 to September 2011. That term had ended when he resigned citing personal reasons, shortly after falling out with the then captain, Shahid Afridi, during a tour of the West Indies. He had been confident he would get a second term, and was planning to shift his family from Australia to the UAE. But he didn’t rue not getting the chance, and vowed to support the new coach.”These are difficult times for Pakistan cricket and instead of crying over anything we should support the new coach and try our best to lift Pakistan cricket,” Waqar told . “I accept the decision with openness and hope that we all move forward for the betterment of Pakistan cricket which has seen huge turmoil in the last few years, not seen before in its history.”Waqar expressed his concern over the uncertainty in Pakistan cricket, which saw yet another twist on Monday when Nawaz Sharif, the prime minister and patron of the PCB, dismissed Zaka Ashraf and dissolved the board of governors. Sharif directed a management committee to pick a PCB chairman from among its eight members and it chose Sethi as full-time chairman.”All these matters hurt Pakistan cricket badly and it is imperative that we must solve the problems quickly,” Waqar said, adding that Moin, who has been appointed for this month’s Asia Cup and next month’s World Twenty20, should have been given a longer contract. “I think it is unjust to give him just two tours, I don’t think even [Moin] Khan would like this short tenure because for stability a coach needs longer time.”