Azhar Mahmood emerges as robust candidate for Pakistan’s assistant coach slot

Mahmood is presently the bowling coach of Pakistan Tremendous League (PSL) champions Islamabad United. He has additionally served in the identical function for the nationwide aspect up to now.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) had issued an commercial on Saturday for the function of assistant coach, who will present assist to the red-ball and white-ball coach. The candidates for the function should possess a minimal of Stage 2 teaching accreditation and three years of expertise with a global group, franchise or a home aspect.

candidates might apply by newest 5pm on April 20, in response to the PCB’s commercial.

In the meantime, former South African batter Gary Kirsten and ex-Australian pacer Jason Gillespie have been finalised by the PCB for the function of white-ball and red-ball head coach, respectively, for the nationwide males’s aspect.

The choice might be introduced after all of the formalities have been accomplished because the PCB has marketed the posts on its web site and sought purposes until April 15, sources added.

It should be famous Pakistan’s earlier teaching workers, which included Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn and Andrew Puttick, who had been transferred to the Nationwide Cricket Academy (NCA) in Lahore, left their respective positions in January this 12 months after a change of their portfolios in November 2023.

In April 2023, Arthur was named Director of the Pakistan males’s cricket group whereas Bradburn was roped in as head coach. Former South Africa cricketer Puttick labored as batting coach since April 2023.

The choice was taken amicably between all of the events concerned, in response to PCB.