Former Pakistan bowlers, Umar Gul and Saeed Ajmal have been appointed the quick bowling and spin bowling coaches of the nationwide squad for the upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
Umar, a member of the 2009 World T20 profitable squad, has labored earlier than with the Pakistan staff as bowling coach, whereas that is the primary time Saeed has been given an project with the nationwide facet.
The Pakistan cricket board mentioned that preliminary assignments for each former stalwarts would come with the Take a look at collection towards Australia scheduled from December 14 to January 7 and the T20I collection towards New Zealand from January 12 to 21 subsequent yr.
The board has already named Mohammad Hafeez because the director and head coach of the Pakistan squad and quick bowler Wahab Riaz as the brand new chief selector in a spate of modifications after the nationwide staff’s poor World Cup marketing campaign.
The induction of Umar and Saeed and Hafeez’s project mainly signifies that the overseas coaches, together with Mickey Arthur, Grant Bradburn will not be working with the nationwide facet.
The bowling coach, South Africa’s Morne Morkel, had already resigned final week whereas the fielding coach has additionally been modified.
Umar beforehand served because the bowling coach throughout the three-match T20I collection towards Afghanistan, and the following collection towards New Zealand at dwelling. He has additionally been the bowling coach for Quetta Gladiators within the Pakistan Tremendous League.
He has additionally coached the Afghanistan squad.
Saeed, the champion off-spinner, whose profession was derailed in 2015 after the ICC officers had reported his bowling motion, represented his nation in 35 Exams, 113 ODIs, and 64 T20Is, choosing up 447 wickets throughout the three codecs.
He has additionally served because the spin bowling coach with the PSL franchise Islamabad United.
