Pakistan Women – Tania Mallick roped in to head PCB women’s cricket wing



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Former badminton player will replace Urooz Mumtaz, who resigned in May

The PCB has roped in Tania Mallick, a member of the Pakistan Olympics Organization, to head their women’s cricket wing. The position used to be vacant since May this year after Urooj Mumtaz – who used to be holding more than one jobs in PCB – relinquished the main role, allowing PCB to hire a full-time head.

Tania, 52, an alumnus of Lahore University of Management Sciences and a former badminton player, represented Pakistan at the Seoul Asian Games 1986. She became the national champion in the 1987-88 season. She has been vice-president of the Punjab Olympic Organization since 2010, is currently vice-president of the Punjab Squash Organization, and could also be serving as a member of the Pakistan Olympic Organization’s Education and Women’s Commissions.

The PCB has taken over three months to find a candidate for the post, with the first lot of candidates who applied not making much of an impression in the initial interviews. The board had to invite more candidates to come forward, and extended the deadline to take action, having begun their search for a replacement immediately after Mumtaz left.

Mumtaz wasn’t working on a full-time basis, with the former captain holding more than one positions, including that of the chief selector of the women’s team aside from having a place in PCB’s cricket committee. She used to be also a commentator on PCB’s panel. The more than one roles she held began to come under increasing scrutiny, particularly with the board’s new ethics code taking a look to clamp down on any potential conflicts of interest.

The PCB women’s wing functions independently under the PCB. Prior to now, the branch used to be headed by a general manager before it used to be revamped, creating a full-time role. Before Mumtaz, Shahid Aslam – who is the Pakistan team’s assistant coach – had a stint to supervise women’s cricket. The women’s wing is more structured than ever, with PCB and taking a look to expand the pool of women cricketers in the country.

The PCB has also been offering hefty salaries across the board for the country’s top women cricketers, in addition to more lucrative financial incentives for domestic cricket. They’ve also launched a parental enhance policy for all contracted cricketers. The women’s cricket selection committee is headed by Mumtaz, and till recently had fellow former cricketers Asmavia Iqbal and Marina Iqbal as it’s members, until Marina gave up the post to concentrate on her remark career.


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