Former Pakistan captain Zaheer Abbas has been selected the new President of the International Cricket Council (ICC) for a one year term. The decision was taken yesterday during the third day of the ICC Annual Conference week in Barbados. Assuming the role, the 67-year-old legendary batsman thanked ICC and each member of the world cricket body. He said, this is the sport which has given us friendship, respect, recognition and an opportunity to serve our countries in different capacities.ICC Chairman N Srinivasan, who also represented BCCI in the meeting, welcomed Zaheer Abbas in the ICC and hailed him as one of the icons of the game.From 1969 to 1985, Zaheer played 78 Tests for Pakistan in which he scored 5,062 runs, while in his 62 ODIs, he made 2,572 runs. With 108 centuries, Zaheer is the only Asian batsman to score a century of first-class centuries as he finished his 22-year career with 34,843 runs.During the meeting, the ICC Council also approved the admission of the Serbia Cricket Federation as its 58th Affiliate Member.