Shehryar "honour the MOU" Khan will probably go down as one of the better PCB chiefs we've had although I feel he's had a very loose and undiplomatic tongue in his second tenure.
In his first tenure, we saw resumption of ties with India and that Inzy-Woolmer-Shehryar triumvirate was very stable for a time in the mid 2000s - much needed after the late 90s and early 2000s.
He has got two coaching appointments bang on - Bob Woolmer and Mickey Arthur. Now I know he consulted Rameez Raja and Wasim Akram who also deserve credit, but the Chairman makes final decisions on appointments and those were great calls. He's appointed a Chief Selector in Inzamam-ul-Haq who though not without flaws, is leagues ahead of his predecessors Haroon Rasheed, Iqbal Qasim and Wasim Bari.
We've seen establishment of PSL with the final being held without a hitch in Lahore, and organisation of home series with Zimbabwe for first time in six years.
However domestic cricket remains a mess, with pitches, balls, umpiring and quality of competition still substandard. During a period when PCB should be financially tightening its belts with no international cricket at home, PCB's continuing largess is concerning.
Ultimately when a PCB chief is a political appointee, we must choose between the lesser of various evils, and most accept Shehryar is an upgrade on many of his predecessors.
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