The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is negotiating with two foreigners
for the batting coach assignment following former captain Javed
Miandad’s refusal to take up the job.
"Yes, we are having talks with two foreign batting coaches but since nothing is final as yet I don''t want to take any names," The Nation quoted Butt, as saying.
"We have held talks with these two gentlemen who have shown interest in the batting coach''s position," he added.
Butt said the two candidates were also in contention for a coaching position with other teams, therefore he did not want to take their names since that might upset their other negotiations.
The PCB chief, however, admitted that one major problem the board was facing in trying to hire a foreign coach was the security situation in the country.
"The one issue with them is they are not willing to remain in
Pakistan for long periods and prefer to join the team on foreign tours
and work with them there," he said.
Butt said the PCB had decided to go for a foreign coach because the team management and selectors felt that the players needed a full-time batting coach with them.
Miandad, who was approached by Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi and PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt to take up the assignment, had turned down the offer.
“Mainly I didn’t accept this position because I believe that there is a need for proper long-term planning in Pakistan cricket and improvement cannot come through stop-gap measures,” Miandad said. “In the past I have had three previous stints with the national team as head coach and they didn’t end well. That also influenced my decision.”
Meanwhile, sources said that Miandad had initially shown interest in becoming Pakistan’s batting coach, but wanted more authority than head coach Waqar Younis, who is much junior to him, which the board did not agree to.
"Yes, we are having talks with two foreign batting coaches but since nothing is final as yet I don''t want to take any names," The Nation quoted Butt, as saying.
"We have held talks with these two gentlemen who have shown interest in the batting coach''s position," he added.
Butt said the two candidates were also in contention for a coaching position with other teams, therefore he did not want to take their names since that might upset their other negotiations.
The PCB chief, however, admitted that one major problem the board was facing in trying to hire a foreign coach was the security situation in the country.
Butt said the PCB had decided to go for a foreign coach because the team management and selectors felt that the players needed a full-time batting coach with them.
Miandad, who was approached by Pakistan’s limited-overs captain Shahid Afridi and PCB Chairman Ijaz Butt to take up the assignment, had turned down the offer.
“Mainly I didn’t accept this position because I believe that there is a need for proper long-term planning in Pakistan cricket and improvement cannot come through stop-gap measures,” Miandad said. “In the past I have had three previous stints with the national team as head coach and they didn’t end well. That also influenced my decision.”
Meanwhile, sources said that Miandad had initially shown interest in becoming Pakistan’s batting coach, but wanted more authority than head coach Waqar Younis, who is much junior to him, which the board did not agree to.
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