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Sunday, November 15, 2009
KARACHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board is mulling to replace the current national team coach Intikhab Alam with former captain and coach Javed Miandad.
According to a source, most players are unhappy with Intikhab and the officials are considering appointing Miandad after the Test series against New Zealand.
Miandad was PCB’s first choice as the Pakistan coach after chairman Ijaz Butt sacked Australian Geoff Lawson last October. However, at that time Miandad was unwilling to take the responsibility. He was later appointed the PCB’s director general.
The source said about eight-nine players complained about the attitude of captain Younis Khan and Intikhab when they met Butt last month after the Champions Trophy.
The sources said the senior players of the Pakistan team are now pushing for a new coach for the series against Australia which begins with the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne later this year.
Miandad has emerged as a strong candidate for the post. Some influential members of the PCB’s governing board are backing Miandad and are expected to push for his case when Butt returns home from England next week.
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