A day after Pakistan chief selector Wahab Riaz included the tainted former captain Salman Butt in the national selection panel, he reversed the decision following a "thorough review".
The 39-year-old Butt, who had made a successful return to cricket in 2016 after serving a five-year ban for spot-fixing, was on Friday named along with former teammates Kamran Akmal and Rao Iftikhar Anjum as consultant members to the recently-appointed chief selector, Riaz.
A statement issued by the Pakistan Cricket Board said, "Chief selector Wahab Riaz has opted to reverse his decision to induct Salman Butt as a consultant member to the selection committee. The decision to appoint Salman Butt was under consideration and after a thorough review, it has been decided he will not be appointed as a consultant member." The statement added that any additional members on the selection committee consultancy panel will be announced in due course.
