PCB to appoint permanent fielding coach for national squad
Karachi:Worried by the poor fielding performance by the cricketers especially during the ongoing Australian Test series, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to appoint a permanent fielding coach for the national squad. "Our fielding standards have been reasonably fair in recent times. But there is room for improvement
and that is why we have decided to have a permanent coach. We have no problem
appointing a foreign coach if he is suitable for the team," PCB chairman Ijaz
Butt said. It may be noted that the PCB had recently appointed former fast bowler
Waqar Younis as the bowling and fielding coach of the team for the Australian
tour. Commenting on captain Mohammed Yousuf's remarks that too much of Twenty20
cricket would kill the other two formats of the game in Pakistan, Butt said it
was Yousuf's personal opinion and he has every right to do so. "The fact is that
we don't decide the international schedule, this is done by the ICC. But as far
as the PCB is concerned we are trying to have a balanced mix of first class, one-dayers
and T20 cricket matches domestically," The Dawn quoted Butt, as saying. "Even
in Australia our team is playing just one T20 international. I think, it is all
a question of players now adapting to the different formats of the sport," he
added.
