It’s our sole prerogative to select World Cup squad: PCB

Pakistan’s cricket chiefs on Saturday rejected the impression that they will follow International Cricket Council’s instructions while selecting the country’s provisional squad for next year’s World Cup. Following growing speculations that the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had forwarded a 45-man list to the ICC for its ‘clearance’ ahead of World Cup 2011, the Board declared that all such reports were ‘incorrect’. “The PCB wishes to clarify that it is the PCB’s sole prerogative to select the squad for next year’s ICC Cricket World Cup. The impression in a section of media that the PCB will submit a list of 45 players to the ICC for its sign-off is incorrect,” said a statement iss . . .