Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Shahryar Khan has confirmed that the new selection committee will be appointed by next week and the new head coach of the national team will be selected by first week of May.
PCB has appointed former Test cricketers Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja in a committee that will help it find a suitable coach for the national cricket team.
According to Indian Express report, Shahryar Khan told PTI that the board had not yet decided whether to appoint a foreign coach or local one. But he dropped a hint that the board had already shortlisted a foreign and a local candidate.
“The new coach will be appointed by first week of May and Wasim is also in India for the IPL to discuss with candidates,” Khan said.
The names of former Test stalwarts Aaqib Javed, Moin Khan, Mohsin Khan and Mudassar Nazar are doing the rounds for the post of head coach while the board is said to be eyeing Tom Moody and Dean Jones as the best possible foreign candidates. Moody is busy in the IPL while Jones recently coached the title winning Islamabad United in the Pakistan Super League.
However, Aaqib revealed that he won’t even be applying for the job after the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) invited applications for the position of head coach. Reportedly, The PCB has invited candidates to apply for the head coach position by April 25 after which a committee that also includes Wasim Akram and Ramiz Raja will finalize the new coach.
The PCB is on the lookout for a new head coach and to appoint new selectors after Waqar Younis resigned as Pakistan’s head coach last week following his team’s poor showing in the Asia Cup and ICC World Twenty20 championship.
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