KARACHI: Pakistan on Tuesday finalised its coaching team for their England tour, appointing Australian Steve Rixon to lift their dwindling fielding standards.

Rixon was appointed on the recommendation of head coach Mickey Arthur, who was brought in last month after Pakistan’s disastrous World Twenty20 in India where it failed to reach the semi-finals.

Arthur replaces Waqar Younis, who resigned in April.

Pakistan in April appointed former captain Inzamam-ul-Haq as chief selector as they look to improve their rankings in one-day and Twenty20 internationals.

A Pakistan Cricket Board spokesman said: “We have appointed Rixon as fielding coach.”

Rixon, 62, is regarded as a hard taskmaster and Arthur said last week the team’s fielding was “in need of a huge lift”.

Pakistan leave for England on June 18 and will train in Hampshire before opening the tour with a three-day game against Somerset from July 3.

Published in Dawn, June 15th, 2016