ISLAMABAD: Former Cricketer Mudassar Nazar on Monday said an all-rounder head coach can be good for the Pakistan team but urged that specialists are definitely needed for all three facets of the game.
Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has invited applications for the positions of Head Coach, Batting Coach and Fielding Coach for the national team. An advertisement has also been floated in this regard on the board's website. To evaluate and recommend a candidate for the jobs the PCB has made a committee comprising Subhan Ahmad, Javed Miandad, Intikhab Alam and Wasim Akram. The final date for receipt of applications is February 6.
Mudassar Nazar, who played 76 Tests and 122 ODIs for Pakistan between 1976 and 1989, scoring almost 7,000 runs and taking 175 wickets, said the head coach is the main man at the end of the day.
"A coach should be using all of that time at their disposal to look after the Pakistan 'A' team or the Under-19s and to look at who is coming through. If some players don't perform well on a tour than that doesn't mean they should be thrown out of the squad. A coach should actually need to work with them," he said. Mudassar, who is currently the Head Coach at the the ICC Global Cricket Academy, specialising in batting and development programmes, said there is a huge need for a coach.
"If you look at how teams prepare for Tests, ODIs and T20s, you will see that a lot of thought goes into it. Teams carry out video analysis, have meetings and also discuss the psychological side of it," he added.
However Mudassar said if PCB appoints Waqar Younis as head coach again it would be good. "When Waqar was in charge he had two able students with him in Aaqib Javed and Ijaz Ahmed and they all worked really well together," he said.
He said Mohsin Hasan Khan benefited a lot from what Waqar Younis had done with the cricket team as things were in place and players were responding well.
It is pertinent to mention that Mohsin Khan is also eager to coach the national team again as he thinks his passion and previous record can give him an edge over other candidates applying for the coach job. Mohsin, who was the national team's interim head coach for five months before being replaced by Dav Whatmore in March 2012 enjoyed considerable success during his short tenure, including Test series victories against Sri Lanka and a 3-0 whitewash of the then number one ranked side England.
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