Foreign coach may be appointed in absence of Miandad: Afridi
April 11th, 2011 - 2:24 pm ICT by ANIIslamabad, Apr 11 (ANI): Pakistan Cricket captain Shahid Afridi has said that a foreign coach could be brought in if former captain Javed Miandad remains unavailable to fill the role for the national team.
Afridi also said that he would correct the previous mistakes, and try to give the team some stability, The Dawn reports.
It was reported earlier that Miandad had turned down the Pakistan Cricket Board’s (PCB) offer to take charge as the batting coach of the Pakistan cricket team.
The director-general cricket of the PCB had confirmed that he had informed the board that he would not be able to immediately join the team and accompany them on the tour to the West Indies because of prior commitments.
“As it is, I believe you cannot change the technique or style of a batsman once he is in the national team. I think the main job of the batting coach is to guide the batsmen in different matches on how to adjust to different pitches and how to counter specific opposing bowlers,” Miandad said.
“I am committed for a few months but I am there to guide the players in the training camp and work with the youngsters in the National Cricket Academy. I will discuss taking this responsibility full time after the West Indies tour,” he addded.
Meanwhile, Afridi said the team that has been selected for the West Indies series consists of fresh players, but admitted that a lot of hark work has to be done to improve the team’s fielding. (ANI)
- Miandad refused coaching offer due to personal reasons: Alam - Apr 13, 2011
- Miandad turns down Pakistan batting coach offer - Apr 10, 2011
- Former PCB chief against having batting coach in Pak team - Apr 12, 2011
- Miandad refuses Afridi's request to join Pak team to New Zealand - Dec 13, 2010
- PCB in talks with two foreigners for Pak batting coach job: Butt - Apr 15, 2011
- Miandad to wait till end of West Indies series before considering Pak batting coach offer - Apr 06, 2011
- More money than cricket reason behind rise of IPL: Asif Iqbal - Apr 14, 2011
- Miandad opts out of NZ tour to avoid confusion - Dec 10, 2010
- Miandad declines to be batting consultant for Pakistan team - Dec 01, 2010
- Miandad blasts PCB for shabby treatment of former cricketers - Sep 26, 2011
- Batsmen need to show improvement: Waqar - Apr 13, 2011
- Miandad turns down Pak team coaching offer - Apr 13, 2011
- Pak team certainly needs batting coach to overcome their problems: Akram - Apr 12, 2011
- Miandad rubbishes multiple coach theory - Aug 17, 2010
- PCB appoints Miandad as Pak team's 'batting consultant' - Nov 27, 2010
Tags: absence, batsman, batting coach, bowlers, commitments, cricket captain, dawn, different pitches, full time, islamabad, job, national cricket academy, pakistan cricket board, pakistan cricket team, shahid afridi, training camp, west indies, youngsters