Pakistan Cricket Board chairman Shaharyar Khan resigned on Friday, one day after Younis Khan [ Images ] declined the captaincy for this month's Champions Trophy [ Images ] in India [ Images ].

Shaharyar said the Younis Khan episode, which followed the Oval Test controversy in England [ Images ] in August, had contributed to his decision.

"These two incidents were very upsetting for me and spoiled an otherwise productive period for me. My tenure was until December 2006 so I decided to go now," Shaharyar told Reuters.

"Since the World Cup is just five months away I wanted to give time to the new chairman to adjust before the tournament."

A PCB official told Reuters that Shaharyar's resignation, submitted two days ago, was accepted by the chief patron of the board, Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf [ Images ].

"The new chairman will be announced on Saturday but the indications are it will be Dr Naseem Ashraf, a member of the board's ad-hoc committee," said director of cricket operations Saleem Altaf.

Former foreign secretary Shaharyar had been chairman since December 2003.

Pakistan are facing a compensation claim from the England and Wales Cricket Board for more than 800,000 pounds ($1.51 million) in lost revenue, Altaf said.

Visiting captain Inzamam-ul-Haq [ Images ] and his team, angry the umpires had penalised them five runs for alleged ball-tampering, refused to carry on playing in the fourth Test at the Oval.

Although Inzamam was subsequently cleared of ball-tampering charges, he was banned for four one-day matches by the International Cricket Board for bringing the game into disrepute.

"I don't think the Oval incident should have happened. But once it did we had to take a stand and back our players," Shaharyar said.

Younis was named skipper in Inzamam's place for the Champions Trophy but withdrew on Thursday, saying he did not want to be a 'dummy captain'.

The board then appointed Mohammad Yousuf [ Images ] as skipper for the Champions Trophy.

Pakistan cricket has been run on an ad-hoc basis since 1999 and is directly answerable to the President, who appoints the board chairman and other leading officials.