Pakistan national team is likely to have a new head coach in place of incumbent Dav Whatmore before its full series against Sri Lanka in the UAE starting December.
Disgraced former Pakistan captain Salim Malik Thursday said he has applied for the job of national batting coach, insisting he is not barred after a court lifted his life ban four years ago.
Pakistan's former captain Javed Miandad has been sent to Sri Lanka by the Cricket Board to motivate the country's players before the Twenty20 World Cup.
Misbah-ul-Haq said that Pakistan's future was secure with the emergence of promising young players despite losing the Test and one-day series on their tour of Sri Lanka.
Pakistan coach Dav Whatmore said that he favours having separate players for the three different formats of the sport.
The new Pakistan cricket team coach Dav Whatmore has shown he meant business as he spent most of his time this week at the Rawalpindi cricket stadium where the National Super Eights T20 championship is underway.
The Pakistan Cricket Board as part of its long-term plan to overhaul the national team management and coaching staff, has began its hunt for a bowling coach keeping strict eligibility requirements for the interested candidates.
Pakistan hope new cricket coach, Australia's Dav Whatmore, can find a magic formula to transform the country's talented players into a team that enjoys sustained, match-winning success.
The Pakistan Cricket Board's plans of organising a short conditioning camp before the team leaves for Bangladesh around March 7 to participate in the Asia Cup is being met with resistance by some players.
Australian Dav Whatmore will take over as the head coach of Pakistan's cricket team next month with the Asia Cup in Bangladesh being his first assignment.