Mohammad Hafeez. (Photo: ANI)
Previous Pakistan all-rounder Mohammad Hafeez will function as Pakistan’s head coach for the upcoming Australia and New Zealand trip. Hafeez was selected as the Pakistan group director. Previously, Mickey Arthur held the post till a reshuffle occurred followed by Babar Azam’s resignation as the captain.
According to ESPNcricinfo site, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) will now combine the post of group director and head coach. Currently, Hafeez will play a double function in their upcoming 3 Test matches in Australia and 5 T20Is in New Zealand which will occur in December and January respectively.
Why is nobody questioning Mohammad Hafeez & & Wahab Riaz today? On what basis is Mohammad Hafeez revealed as Head Coach and Wahab Riaz as Chief Selector? Neither of them has any previous experience. Both of them are bring more than one function. Isn’t that a _ pic.twitter.com/7qjRVGC2Zq– Shaharyar Ejaz _ (@SharyOfficial) November 17, 2023
Hafeez was just recently part of the PCB Cricket Technical Committee. The previous all-rounder became part of the Pakistan males’s group which won the ICC Champions Trophy in England in 2017.
The PCB has actually altered the portfolio of the Pakistan training personnel. All coaches will continue to operate in National Cricket Academy while PCB will reveal the brand-new training personnel in due course for the upcoming series in Australia and New Zealand.
Star Pakistan batter Babar Azam on Wednesday revealed his choice to step down as Pakistan captain from all formats of the video game after his side’s ordeal in the ICC World Cup 2023 in India. Pakistan suffered 5 beats out of their 9 matches and one at the hands of arch-rival India by 7 wickets at the ODI World Cup 2023. In their last league match of the competition, the ‘Men in Green’ began procedures understanding that they had the slimmest of opportunities of still reaching the SFs, needing a win by a massive margin to require a big swing on net run rate. The possibility of such an outcome quickly vanished as the 2019 champs England developed a large first-innings rating and signed up a 93-run win.
Previously today, Morne Morkel resigned as the bowling coach of the Pakistan males’s group. The previous South Africa quickly bowler signed up with the Pakistan group on a six-month agreement in June this year.