Despite Wasim Akram, the former pace bowler and the member of the PCB’s recent coaching hunting committee, making the assertion that no foreigner had applied for a coaching position, it has emerged that one South African coach did apply for the role.
writes BIPIN DANI
According to sources in South Africa, Grant Luden had submitted his application well before the dead-line.
“I had applied for the fielding and training position with the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB),” Luden, the coach in Pretoria Boys’ High School, said. “To me Pakistan is as safe as any other nation and I am ambitious to coach any national side.”
Before returning to South Africa, Luden worked with the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) as a physical trainer.
Luden is disappointed his application was not considered because the PCB had principally agreed to engage local men for the jobs.
Dual role
Shoaib Mohammad is likely to be on a dual role as team’s fielding and batting coach. The son of legendary Hanif, the 54-year-old Shoaib has played 45 Tests and 63 ODIs’ with nearly 4,000 international runs and 25 wickets under his belt. The new fielding coach has held 35 catches.
Bipin Dani
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