Salman Butt to teach Singapore’s nationwide staff

The 37-year-old has been named marketing consultant coach and can carry a “wealth of expertise” to the facet, the Singapore Cricket Affiliation (SCA) mentioned.

His first problem would be the T20 World Cup qualifiers in Zimbabwe in July.

The left-handed batsman was a part of the Pakistan staff from 2003 to 2010, when a spot-fixing scandal erupted on their tour of England.

Butt, captain on the time, was charged with orchestrating deliberate no-balls from his tempo bowlers Mohammad Amir and Mohammad Asif throughout a Lord’s Check in return for cash.

They had been all banned for 5 years and jailed by a UK courtroom.

Although they accomplished their bans in 2015, solely Amir was in a position to regain his place within the Pakistan staff.

Butt — who earlier than the ban had performed 33 Assessments, 78 one-day internationals and 24 Twenty20 matches — has since performed some home cricket.

SCA chief government Saad Khan Janjua mentioned he hoped Butt’s talents and expertise would encourage the Singapore gamers forward of the qualifiers.

“Butt is an completed participant with expertise that may push the gamers to the subsequent stage,” Saad was cited as saying in The Straits Instances newspaper.

Singapore are usually not a high worldwide facet however have loved some latest success.

They gained the 2020 Asian Cricket Council Japanese area T20 event after defeating Thailand, Malaysia and Hong Kong.