PCB appoints Iqbal Imam women’s cricket team’s batting coach

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Monday, informed that it has appointed former first-class cricketer Iqbal Imam as Pakistan women’s cricket team’s batting coach for next month’s ICC Women’s Championship to be played against South Africa.

The appointment has been made in light of the PCB’s vision and strategy to invest further into women’s cricket and to help the women batters improve on their overall performance and become one of top performing sides in the world.

“Iqbal is a hardworking and committed batting coach who fits perfectly in the PCB’s vision for women’s cricket, which is to provide them with skilled individuals who will add significant value to both their development and performances,” said PCB Managing Director Wasim Khan.

“Iqbal’s appointment is also testament to the PCB’s commitment to reward and promote all the top performers, while also creating merit based coaching opportunities for talented Pakistani coaches,” Khan added.

Iqbal will join the women’s cricket team’s training camp in Karachi, which commences under the guidance of head coach Mark Coles on 9 April. The side departs for South Africa on 29 April for three ICC Women’s Championship ODIs on 6, 9 and 12 May, which will be followed by five T20Is on 15, 18, 19, 22 and 23 May.