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PCB to name committee to choose head coach, support staff

The Newspaper's Sports Reporter Published August 28, 2019
The committee will also choose the batting and bowling coach as well as the strength and conditioning trainer. — AFP/File
The committee will also choose the batting and bowling coach as well as the strength and conditioning trainer. — AFP/File
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LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has started the process to form a five-member committee to analyse applications and select a head coach for the national team.

The committee will also choose the batting and bowling coach as well as the strength and conditioning trainer.

The positions were left vacant after the PCB decided not to extend contracts of former head coach Mickey Arthur and his support staff after Pakistan’s failure to make it to the ICC World Cup semi-finals earlier this summer.

The committee, it has been learnt, will be announced soon after confirming the availability of the potential members, most of whom are said to be former Test cricketers.

Number of former Test cricketers have applied for the vacant posts former Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq is speculated to be the hottest contender to be named the national team’s head coach.

Another former captain, Waqar Younis, has also applied for the bowling coach position. Waqar has also served as the Pakistan head coach in the past.

Published in Dawn, August 28th, 2019

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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad
Aug 28, 2019 02:22pm
Formation of committee after committee and more committees will render PCB as heading in the wrong direction.
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Truthfinder
Aug 29, 2019 12:32am
Misbah ul Haq in the opinion of many is not the ideal candidate for head coach of the Pakistan cricket team. He has never been aggressive enough. He strangely chose to criticize Shaheen Afridi during the recent World Cup even though the former despite his inexperience has been doing much better than other bowlers. During the series in New Zealand despite Shaheen Afridi's relative inexperience in international cricket, was asked to bowl the last overs and was able to defend. With proper coaching and support, he could turn into one of the best Pakistani bowlers at least in the shorter formats of the game. A lot of international greats such as Steve Waugh and Dravid have noticed the talent in Afridi but not Misbah. Pakistan needs a coach who would improve both mental as well as physical fitness and help with the fielding. Our batting has always been predictably poor over the years though Babar Azam seems very promising. Mohamad Rizwan should be considered as a batsman. No Misbah as coach.
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